Rabbi Daniel H. Freelander

Rabbi Daniel H. Freelander is the past president of the World Union for Progressive Judaism (WUPJ), the international umbrella organization of the Reform, Liberal, Progressive, and Reconstructionist movements. The WUPJ represents two million Jews and 1,200 synagogues in 40 countries around the globe. Rabbi Freelander is also the past senior vice president of the Union for Reform Judaism.

How the Jewish People Are Like a Barbell

Rabbi Daniel H. Freelander

June 1, 2015

I meet regularly with a trainer at a local gym. Several months ago, he handed me two 40-pound weights to lift, one in each hand. I struggled and could not accomplish the task – but then he connected the two weights with a 10-pound bar. Magically, I was able to

Yom HaShoah

Mourning Yom HaShoah with Jews Across the World

Rabbi Daniel H. Freelander

April 15, 2015

On Holocaust Martyrs' and Heroes' Remembrance Day 2015 (Yom HaShoah), the entire Jewish community mourns the tragic loss of life, the genocide that occurred during World War II, which resulted in the death of an estimated six million Jews.

Tikkun Leil Shavuot Torah Study: Parashat Bo

Rabbi Daniel H. Freelander

Rabbi Freelander speaks of the mitzvah of the Passover seder and explaining to our children that we observe Passover because of what God did for us.

Shavuot

Synagogue Architecture

Why Temples Look the Way They Do

Rabbi Daniel H. Freelander

Reform synagogue architecture in America has from the beginning followed artistic trends and architectural norms.

Shabbat

Exodus 1:1-6:1: Moses and the Challenge of Diversity

Rabbi Daniel H. Freelander

January 2, 2013

This week we dive into the second book of the Torah, Exodus. While the book of Genesis traversed thousands of years, Exodus focuses on the evolution of the Israelites as a people for 40 defining years.

The Hebrew name for this book of the Torah and for the