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February 2025

February 14, 2025

Why Is Judaism Struggling In The United States?

Judaism is one of the most ancient surviving religions on the earth today. Its age,...

August 2022

August 25, 2022

Unitarian Universalism and the B’nei Anusim Jews

By Dr. Laura McGuire Judaism and Unitarian Universalism have deep intertwining roots. Their inherent commonalities...

April 2022

April 29, 2022

Ukraine in Prophecy: The Jeremiah Factor

Even before the Russian invasion, the Lord had begun to show me Ukraine in the...

March 2022

March 11, 2022

Devout Jews in Ukraine stay to pray and await ‘apocalypse’

In a synagogue in the western Ukrainian city of Uman, two people are worshipping in...

October 2021

October 21, 2021

God Told a Lie

Deceiving others may not be clearly wrong, and God himself has given an example of...

January 2021

January 15, 2021

Did False Prophets Motivate Events at the US Capitol?

According to the Bible a false prophet is one who pretends to speak for God...

May 2020

May 14, 2020

Developing a Practice in Times of Pandemic

The pandemic is overwhelming and disorienting. There are certain things you can do-- wash your...

April 2020

April 07, 2020

Building Bridges of Compassion: Preparing for Passover & Easter Virtually

Last Friday morning (March 27), approximately 100 students, faculty, and staff from Hebrew College, Boston...

February 2020

February 19, 2020

Life in the “World House”: Cultivating Leaders for a Pluralistic Age

In December 1964, the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther Ling, Jr. was awarded the Nobel Peace...

December 2019

December 20, 2019

Hanukah Faith in a Time of Oppression

In December, when the dark nights grow longer and longer, Jews throughout the world kindle...

November 2019

November 27, 2019

Gratitude For Blessings Weakens the Curses Of Depressing News

Training people to view their own life positively is increasingly important, especially because many people...

August 2019

August 05, 2019

Hajj In Qur’an and Bible

When Jews and Christians watch video of the Muslim Hajj from August 9 to August...

May 2019

May 10, 2019

Hanah the Tzadekit—a Mother’s Day Model for Hassidic Jews and All Others

On this Mother’s Day, men who have been blessed with a wonderful mother and/or wife...

April 2019

April 30, 2019

Terrorist Targets Mosque and Synagogue

Everyone should be constantly reminded that religious extremism is ultimately self-destructive to both itself and...

March 2019

March 18, 2019

“Shebrew” Is Not a Typo in This Purim Story

Swapping the gender of well-known characters can shed light on imbalances in the treatment of...

March 18, 2019

Haman For Jews and Muslims—Anti-Semitism, Islamophobia and Racism

Haman, the xenophobic central villain of the Jewish holiday of Purim (March 21 this year) appears in...

December 2018

December 04, 2018

The Moral, Prophetic Case for Mueller

The mandate of Special Counsel Robert Mueller echoes a story of political authority and an...

November 2018

November 30, 2018

Chanukah — Moving From Lesser Jihad to Greater Jihad

The historical development of the Jewish holiday of Chanukah is a good illustration of how...

November 15, 2018

Following Pittsburgh, a Sea Change

For the first time, I almost couldn’t find a prayer book. That is how many...

November 04, 2018

Local Rabbis Defend Palestinian Candidate Ammar Campa-Najjar

Rabbis in San Diego, California, have denounced attacks by a Republican opponent against a local...

November 02, 2018

After Pittsburgh, Darkness and Light at the Airport

People are seeing me differently today, I thought. In that moment, I saw myself differently....

October 2018

October 05, 2018

Brett Kavanaugh’s Shallow View of Religion

In his September 27 testimony, Judge Brett Kavanaugh said, "going to church on Sundays was...

June 2018

June 13, 2018

Why We All Need Ramadan and Yom Kippur Fasting

Jalal al-Din Rumi taught, “Ritual prayer can be different in every religion, but belief never...

March 2018

March 27, 2018

First to Jump Into the Reed Sea

Here is a fable for discussion at the (Seder) dinner table for all those Christians,...

March 27, 2018

This Passover, Ask Your Seder Guests to Name Today’s Ten Plagues

Every Passover, Jews recite the ten plagues that led to the deliverance of the Israelites...

February 2018

February 27, 2018

God’s Gift of Converts for Purim

There is another group of Jews mentioned in the Book of Esther that most seem...