Rabbi Rex Perlmeter
Passover

How Purim and Pesach Can Save Us

Rabbi Rex Perlmeter

Most of us are probably all too well familiar with the old canard regarding Jewish holidays: “They tried to kill us, we survived, let’s eat!” Though the popularity of the formula may have sad implications regarding how people regard these sacred observances

Is God a Jerk?

Rabbi Rex Perlmeter

Of all the parashot in all the Torah scrolls in all the world, that one – Sh’mini – had to walk into my life this year – not once, but twice. Because our Reform observance does not include the extra days added by the Sages for communities outside the land of