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July 2015

July 03, 2015

Religious Conservatives: Let’s Celebrate Marriage!

I am an Orthodox rabbi. In my faith community we do not perform same-sex marriages....

May 2014

May 25, 2014

History Made Personal: A Book Review of Teach Them Diligently

Rabbi Berel Wein is beyond any doubt one of the most profound, prolific and inspired...

April 2013

April 23, 2013

Kumare: The Allure of Otherness

I watched the documentary Kumare this weekend and I was struck by its portrayal of...

April 09, 2013

The Complaint

Houses of Worship are unique organizations in many ways. The House of Worship, regardless of...

November 2012

November 11, 2012

Chayei Sarah, Elections and Community

This sermon was delivered at BMH-BJ: The Denver Synagogue on Shabbat morning, November 10, 2012....

May 2012

May 08, 2012

The Righteous Mind

I recently finished reading Professor Jonathan Haidt's new book The Righteous Mind and found it...

April 2012

April 11, 2012

The Hunger Games and Divine Concealment

Many have written in recent days about the wildly popular new movie The Hunger Games...

April 02, 2012

Conversion: The Need for Orthodox Leadership

In every generation throughout Jewish history there have been people who desired to enter into...

March 2012

March 26, 2012

Towards a Sustainable Rabbinic Community

We live in a drastically different world than people even a generation before us did....