While standing in line to vote in 2004 I was reminded what makes democracy special. In ’04 I lived in in the Allston neighborhood of
Rabbi David Seidenberg, a recent West coast turned Western Mass. transplant reminds you that whoever or whatever you are voting for, take a moment in
A couple of months ago I published a book, How Would God REALLY Vote: A Jewish Rebuttal to David Klinghoffer’s Conservative Polemic, in response to
Self promotion alert (and no – it does not involve the selling of anything apart from Torah). As some of you already know, I launched
The Hebrew Institute of Riverdale describe themselves as Open Orthodox, which means Tolerant and Nice and so on, so when they said did I want
The Jewish Post reports that Professor Gabriela Shalev, is the new Israeli Ambassador to United Nations, replacing Ambassador Dan Gillerman. She will be the first
Editor’s note: A press release issued by “Creative Communication Consultants” has been circulating heralding the fact that “First Woman Named to Head Rabbinical Organization: Rabbi
Last week, Salon’s Glenn Greenwald took on the continuing Nareshkeit about how Obama has a Jewish problem, how our grannies aren’t voting for Obama, and
Just in case you missed this last week, a high school in St/ Louis has suspended at least four students for hitting Jewish classmates on
This past Wednesday, Julie Schoenfeld was chosen to become the first female rabbi to lead a rabbinical association, serving in the chief executive position. She