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September 2015

September 10, 2015

Helping Syrian Refugees

In July 1938 delegates from 32 nations met at the French resort if Évian-les-Bains to...

August 2015

August 31, 2015

Why I Support Open Hillel

After years of sitting on the “right-of-center” when it came to Israel (I called myself...

August 22, 2015

J Street U Picks Muslim Leader, Jews Freak Out

The new president of the campus arm of the liberal Zionist organization J Street was elected...

August 20, 2015

340 Rabbis Come out in Support of Iran Deal

September is a busy month for the Jews this year. As is usually usual, the...

August 17, 2015

Iran Deal: Leaders Out of Step with American Jewry

As I wrap up my vacation, it’s time to return to blogging. A few weeks...

August 05, 2015

Murderous Jewish Religious Fanaticism, Part Two

View image | gettyimages.comBefore I take a short vacation hiatus from the blog and my...

August 04, 2015

Murderous Jewish Religious Fanaticism, Part One

View image | gettyimages.com Last week was a horrible one in Israel. Contained within the...

July 2015

July 21, 2015

In Reply to Rabbi Stephen Fuchs

Rabbi Stephen Fuchs left a couple of comments on my blog about my post, Imagine...

July 21, 2015

“Rational Doubt” Blog – Vacation Bible School

Vacation Bible School is a Christian institution that the Clergy Project's Rational Doubt blog has...

July 18, 2015

Imagine THIS!

**Update** Rabbi Fuchs commented at the bottom of this post. My response can be found...

July 13, 2015

Wear Long Skirts! Cover Your Elbows! You Can Save Israel and Get Ice Cream, Too!

There is nothing in traditional Judaism that demonstrates its sexism better than the rules of...

July 09, 2015

Maccabees, Reform Rabbis and the Quest to Slay the BDS-Monster

As I blogged about several weeks ago, Sheldon Adelson & Co. have founded a new multi-million dollar...

July 08, 2015

Who Is a Jew and Who Is a Rabbi?

The newly-appointed Israeli Minister of Religious Services, David Azulai, has said something stupid. This puts...

July 07, 2015

Dr. Marty Klein: “America’s War on Sex”

One of my biggest pet peeves is how religious institutions control our national conversation about sex. (Okay...

July 05, 2015

The Holy Kabbalist and the Dead Cop

Last night the head of the National Fraud Unit of the Israeli Police, Deputy Commissioner...

June 2015

June 30, 2015

Bring on the Disparagement

It’s so much more enjoyable watching the right wing foam at the mouth from this...

June 28, 2015

Jewish Reaction to Gay Marriage Decision

So how has the Jewish community responded to the marriage equality decision? My own Facebook...

June 26, 2015

Personal Reflections on a Great Day

I grew up in Miami in the 1970s. Those were the years when a woman...

June 24, 2015

Sex Tourism, Hasidic Style

Today’s post falls under the category of religious morality. The Israeli news site Mako has...

June 23, 2015

Obama Coffee

President Obama continues to be pretty popular among American Jews. Not so much among Israelis....

June 22, 2015

Terrorist’s Heroes Contributed to GOP Candidates

In his racist manifesto, terrorist and murderer Dylan Roof allegedly cites the Council of Conservative...

June 20, 2015

Terrorist Poses with His Favorite Flag

Yesterday I commented in a post that the one flag flying high atop its post...

June 19, 2015

The Terrorist Attack on the AME Church

Since hearing the news of the massacre in Charleston, I have set aside all of...

June 17, 2015

Bibi, Bougie, Ivette and E-1…What Does It All Mean?

To everyone’s surprise - and no one’s more than his own - Bibi Netanyahu is...

June 16, 2015

Compassionate Jewish Law: When a Dead Baby Is Returned to Parents in a Cardboard Box

Early in my career, while serving as director and rabbi at a Hillel Jewish student...

June 13, 2015

Memo to Daily Beast: These Are Not the Sephardic Jews You’re Looking For

Really, Daily Beast? It's like you're not even trying.

June 11, 2015

Sheldon Adelson, Maccabee Warrior

The Adelson-Saban Republicratic (So-Called Mainstream) Jewish Summit Meeting to Eradicate the Menace of BDS Jew-Hatred...

June 10, 2015

How to Lose Friends and Alienate Allies

President Obama gave a pretty important interview last week to a major news channel. You...

June 08, 2015

Teach Torah Honestly!

Sometimes I feel like I must be missing some kind of Jewish gene that enables...

June 05, 2015

Gallup: Moral Attitudes Shifting to the Left

Like other secular humanists, I’ve been touting the Pew data about the drop in religiosity...

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