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February 2016

February 09, 2016

Liberal Jews Get a Piece of the Rock

If you follow news of the Jewish world, by now you have heard about the...

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 04, 2015

Prayer-Shaming, Jewish Style

Well it seems that the topic of the day is “prayer-shaming,” prompted by yesterday’s New...

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 18, 2015

Imagine THIS!

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

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...

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 08, 2015

Teach Torah Honestly!

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

May 2015

May 27, 2015

A God That Could Be Real but Isn’t

I just started reading Jerry Coyne’s new book, Faith vs. Fact and I’m finding it...

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...

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...

June 2013

June 05, 2013

Magical Thinking In Reform Judaism

As a (still) dues-paying member of the Reform movement’s Central Conference of American Rabbis, I...

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...

March 2013

March 29, 2013

Intermarriage And The Ghetto Mentality

Ever the hot topic in the "Shry Gevalt" quarters of the Jewish community, intermarriage still...

March 06, 2013

Truth Is Stranger Than Truth

There are few moments in my education that stand out more than the time when...

February 2013

February 12, 2013

Crime Wave At The Western Wall

I just returned from Jerusalem to news about the latest round of arrests of Jewish...

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...

January 17, 2013

The Deluded Ramblings Of A Secular Jew (Me)

As I’ve written here before, I was reared in and received ordination from the Reform...

June 2012

June 26, 2012

One Reform Rabbi’s God Survey

It may surprise you to learn that I am a member of the Reform rabbinate. ...

June 01, 2012

Reform Judaism Leads To Atheism

Mark Zuckerberg’s supposed break with Judaism has inspired a chest-beating column by Rabbi Dana Evan...

May 2012

May 23, 2012

Israeli Reform & Conservative Jews Have The Wrong Idea

One of Israel’s biggest problems is its reliance on Orthodox rabbis in matters of Jewish...

March 2012

March 27, 2012

It’s Lurie Versus Falick!

While Jerry Coyne has been “crossing swords” with Rabbi Alan Lurie on his site, the...

March 23, 2012

Lurie, Einstein And Me

I certainly did not expect to hear from Alan Lurie about my recent post, “Lurie...

February 2012

February 02, 2012

Jewish Values: Left-Wing, Right-Wing & Everything In Between

One of the most interesting Jewish writers around these days is Jay Michaelson. His regular...

January 2012

January 31, 2012

How Could God Have Allowed The Holocaust And Other Meaningless Questions

Back in September I wrote a response to Rabbi Alan Lurie’s HuffPost blog about how...

January 16, 2012

Why “Atheist Rabbi”?

In the wake of the attack on my blog, I thought it might be a...

January 13, 2012

Reasonable Religion

Am I anti-religious? Many atheists are proudly so. They see all religion as dangerous and...

January 03, 2012

A Rabbi And A Quarterback Walk Into A Political Mess…

Not being much of a follower of the NFL any more, I have not had...