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January 2016

January 19, 2016

Conservative Rabbis and the Intermarriage Dilemma

It has been noted that there really are no Conservative Jews, just Conservative rabbis. Last...

December 2015

December 30, 2015

Israeli Crackdown on Left-Wing Groups Continues

News out of Jerusalem this week is that the right-wing government has given the thumbs-up...

October 2015

October 16, 2015

It’s the Occupation, Stupid

View image | gettyimages.comI’ve mentioned before that I’m still a paid-up member of the Reform...

September 2015

September 19, 2015

Now ALL the Jews Hate Ann Coulter!

All the Jews are up in arms about Ann Coulter. Liberal Jews, like liberal everyone-elses,...

September 17, 2015

Christian-Jewish Relations in 5776

Let's talk about the state of "Christian-Jewish" relations! For most of the past 2,000 years,...

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...

June 2015

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 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 04, 2015

Easy as ABC: Adelson, Antisemitism, BDS & Campus

A few weeks ago I hosted a forum at my congregation. The topic was whether...

June 01, 2015

Being Clueless about Being Jewish in a Polite Society

Taffy Brodesser-Akner is an entertainment writer who contributes to GQ, The New York Times and,...

May 2015

May 23, 2015

“The Feast of Weeks” Is Here Again!

Last night we celebrated Shavuot (archaically known as "The Feast of Weeks") at our congregation....

February 2014

February 26, 2014

Shabbat Funerals And Other Transgressions

On Monday morning I attended a meeting of the Michigan Board of Rabbis. Like most...

December 2013

December 10, 2013

Cultural Jewish Conversion: A New Old Idea

Steven Cohen and Kerry Olitzky are two great advocates of Jewish inclusion. Now they have...

December 10, 2013

Atheist Jew? Apparently This Is Not A Thing You Can Be

Rabbi Eric Yoffie’s derision of secular Jews and Judaism is receiving a boost from a...

October 2013

October 18, 2013

Yoffie Redux: Godlessness Is Not The Answer!

I am thoroughly frustrated with Rabbi Eric Yoffie, former head of Reform Judaism. You may...

October 02, 2013

Time To Panic! A New Survey On Jews Is Out

The Pew Research Center has released its report on patterns of Jewish identity and the...

May 2013

May 24, 2013

Silly Rabbis, Why Do You Want To Marry Wrong?

Joel Alperson, a former national campaign chair for Federations, has a post on the Forward...

January 2013

January 30, 2013

Leonard Fein & Steven Cohen: Let Secular Jews Be Secular Jews

Leonard Fein and Steven M. Cohen have written a masterful reply to Rabbi Eric Yoffie's...

April 2012

April 24, 2012

Getting To Know The Heirs Of Intermarriage

I just returned from a (freezing) Chicago where I participated in the 2012 Colloquium of...

April 16, 2012

Does Judaism Need God? Do Jews?

New York’s “The Jewish Week” has an article about Jews and God that presents a...

January 2012

January 13, 2012

Richard Dawkins Interviews Humanistic Rabbi Tamara Kolton

Once again, thank you to all of you who sent me words of encouragement. I’m...

January 05, 2012

Romney’s & Santorum’s Ron Paul Problem

As you’re undoubtedly aware, most of the Republican candidates have been falling all over each...

October 2011

October 04, 2011

Eliminating The Cruelest Cut

I was very pleased to be contacted recently by Dr. Mark Reiss, who maintains the...

October 04, 2011

Angels Among Us

Once upon a time, in the nineteenth century when Reform Judaism was on the road...

September 2011

September 22, 2011

Ho Ho No

I accidentally ran into this strange advertisement from the Israeli Department of Immigration and Absorption. ...

September 15, 2011

Warning! This Religion Will Require A God Upgrade!

Here’s a book review I’ve been working on. The post is a little longer than...