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Rabbi Sarah Bassin is the executive director of NewGround: A Muslim-Jewish Partnership for Change. Her rabbinate is dedicated to strengthening Muslim-Jewish relations in Los Angeles and the United States.

It Takes Two, Me and You

Audrey R. Korotkin
In many Jewish weddings I have officiated at over the years, the bride and groom have chosen to add to the traditional vows these words from the prophet Hosea: V’eirastich Li b’tzedek uv’mishpat uv’chesed uv’rachamim, “I will betroth you to Me in righteousness, and in justice, and in loving-kindness, and

Cycles of Abundance

Rabbi Elizabeth Dunsker
A story is told about Elijah: Once a rich man fell upon hard times and lost all his wealth. In order to support his family, he took a job as a manual laborer. One day Elijah appeared to him in disguise and said to him, "You are destined to enjoy

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