A Letter to Dan Snyder, Owner of Washington, D.C.'s Football Team
[Editor's Note: This letter by Rabbi Michael Feshbach and Josh Silver was sent to Dan Snyder, owner of Washington, D.C.’s professional football team, on December 23, 2013.]
Dear Mr. Snyder:
Supporting Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and Others Still in Need
To all those facing challenges as we begin 5778, we know you join us in praying for peace, wholeness, and health for everyone.
5 Powerful Jewish Voices: A Round-Up on Charlottesville
Since last Shabbat, more than a few keystrokes have been devoted to Charlottesville – the rally itself, events in the aftermath, and perspectives on what it all means for our Jewish community.
Rabbinic Responses (and More) to Yesterday's Orlando Nightclub Shooting
I spent most of yesterday in the car, sitting in traffic, trying to make conversation with my wife, and thinking about the unfathomable horror of the massacre in Orlando. I find it all but impossible to mentally process evil of such magnitude, let alone to understand it.
Over 500 Rabbis and Cantors Urge the Boy Scouts of America to Change Their Discriminatory Policy
5777 Rosh HaShanah Sermon Roundup
It is hardly surprising that 2016/5777 was an interesting Rosh HaShanah for rabbis and sermons. I hope you will enjoy all these sermons and find them as meaningful as I did.
April Showers, May Flowers, and Searching for Hope Amid the Pandemic
We see everything around us through a coronavirus-colored lens these days, searching the past for clues about what is to come. This month, I'm using the rhyme about April showers and May flowers as an occasion for hope, seeing every holiday in May as part of this unfolding pandemic.
Smoke Signals: Sacrifices as a Ritual Vocabulary
Annie LaMott, who writes on Christian spirituality, says that the two best prayers she knows are "Help me, help me, help me" and "Thank you, thank you, thank you" (Traveling Mercies: Some Thoughts on Faith [New York: Random House, 2000], p. 82).
Hanukkah: The Secret Strategy of Jewish Survival
Every Hanukkah, we thank God for the miracle of the season. But what was the miracle? Simply this: The Maccabees and their legacy survived.