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March 2020

March 23, 2020

Love Your Neighbor as Yourself – Our Interconnected World in the Time of Pandemic

Love your neighbor as yourself. - Leviticus 19:18 Loving your Neighbor by Social Distancing We're...

January 2017

January 18, 2017

Singing The Lord’s Song in a Strange Land

The question from Torah found on the image to the left contains multiple layers...

August 2016

August 08, 2016

Belonging – On What Terms?

From time to time, I read Jewish online magazines. There are several good one's...

July 2016

July 20, 2016

Identity Issues

Shalom Goldman's recent book examines the lives of several converts - some converting from...

July 08, 2016

Grass-fed? Check. Free range? Check. Organic? Check. Kosher?

I'd imagine that most Liberal Jewish converts consider the merits of Kashrut, or Kosher...

June 2016

June 29, 2016

The Jew in the Mirror

I'm back to blogging after attending to some family matters for the past few weeks....

June 05, 2016

Taking a break – be back soon!

May 2016

May 11, 2016

Authority & Spirituality

Spiritual Subjectivity & Authority Torah is the ultimate spiritual authority ... or rather, the Pope...

May 08, 2016

Forming a Jewish Identity

As a Jew by Choice, I didn't grow up immersed in Judaism. Well, I...

May 03, 2016

What Roots You in This World?

What has your attention? What has your time, your resources, your energy, your money,...

April 2016

April 27, 2016

Counting & Awareness

Counting the Omer is the Jewish spiritual practice of noting the days (49) between...

April 21, 2016

Talking about Christmas at Passover

Yes, that's a Christmas tree. And yes, this is a post about Passover. I've...

April 15, 2016

Theological Realism – Humility & Good Theology

If you engage in theological conversations online - blogging or maybe Facebook - you likely...

April 12, 2016

Boundaries & Limits

How open is the open table? While this blog seeks to welcome anyone's engagement,...

April 09, 2016

Is Torah useless?

Is Torah a useless, outdated set of writings? You'd think so based on how many...

April 07, 2016

Are Jews Saved?

Are Jews saved? That's a question I get periodically from (usually) well-intentioned Christian friends....

April 05, 2016

Introductions – Patheos & Open Table Judaism

I'm thrilled that my blog has joined the Patheos family of blogs on the...

March 2016

March 18, 2016

Listening & Mitzvot

By Gregory In an earlier post, I discussed the spiritual importance of listening – of...

March 18, 2016

Listening as a Spiritual Practice

By Gregory Too much of contemporary spirituality and theology is comprised of talking. The central...

March 18, 2016

The Meaning of the Mezuzah – Or What Not to Say to your Atheist Friends

By Gregory A mezuzah is a Jewish religious symbol. It’s a stone, glass, ceramic,...

March 18, 2016

Jewish Law & Jewish Logic

By Gregory My last post made me realize that I need to say a little...

March 18, 2016

Are Jews Under the Law?

By Gregory An email from a Christian reader asking me how Passover could be a...

March 18, 2016

Community, Hospitality, & The Table

By Gregory Community We’re social animals, we can only thrive when lovingly connected with others....

March 18, 2016

Wholeness & Harmony

By Gregory Shalom is the Hebrew word most of us translate as peace. And...

March 18, 2016

Kenosis & Theology

By Gregory Kenosis is a Greek word that implies emptying or giving of self, a...

March 18, 2016

Meanings of Original Sin

By Gregory A central aspect of Christian, and some Jewish theology, is the notion of...

March 18, 2016

The forgotten commandment – To Remember

By Gregory One of the most overlooked biblical commandments is to remember. Remember the Sabbath...

March 18, 2016

Is there a God? Do I Pray?

By Gregory The past few posts have comprised a series of reflections on Divinity and...

March 18, 2016

God – Our Ultimate Orientation

By Gregory Divine Patterns The concept of God is intrinsic to many religions and represents...

March 18, 2016

A Christian, a Jew, and a Witch walk into a bar … Talking about God

By Gregory The title of my post relates to the three scholars I will be...