Is Jewish education Jewish?
When I enrolled my first child in Jewish day school almost 20 years ago, I was enthralled with the prospect that he would be...
Will they return?
Will they return? The organized Jewish community often asks this question about Jews in their 20s and 30s. And we are right to ask.
Today’s...
New beginnings, important continuations
Rosh Hashanah is always a great time for new beginnings. A new school year starts. We buy new fruits, new holiday clothes and invite...
What should Israel do about Europe?
On Israel’s popular morning radio station, Reshet Bet, broadcaster Aryeh Golan recently interviewed Deputy Foreign Minister Zeev Elkin about the latest demands by the...
Find your moment
The greatest casualty of my rabbinate has been my spiritual life on the High Holy Days.
I have often joked with people that I became...
Racial profiling must end
I grew up in Baltimore and attended Baltimore City public schools. When I was in elementary school, students were denied their full rights because...
‘Equal Justice Under the Law’
In late June of 1989, Stephen Frederick Rosenfeld, a former United States Marine, went for a hike in the beautiful Judean Hills near where...
Fixing injustice could pay spiritual dividends
It wasn’t easy leaving my wife and three young daughters to do miluim (reserve army duty) twice a year in my 30s and 40s....
The do-less Congress
If Harry Truman thought he was dealing with a “Do Nothing Congress” in 1948, he’d think that one was actually hyperactive compared to the...
In peace talks, watch what Bibi does
In Israel’s history, hawkish leaders have often ended up advocating tough concessions for the sake of peace. Think Menachem Begin at Camp David, Yitzhak...
