Galilee Diary: Gedaliah
by Marc Rosenstein
(Originally published in Ten Minutes of Torah and Galilee Diary)
Galilee Diary: Sound reflections
by Marc Rosenstein
Yom Kippur and the Gift of Forgiveness
In the Beginning...
As an inveterate - my wife would say obsessive - participant in on-line discussions, list-servs, Facebook, and blogs, I was interested to learn in a recent thread on iWorship that not all Reform congregations follow the Torah reading protocol for Rosh Hashanah set forth in Gates of Rep
Compromise in Judaism
Today: Why We Celebrate Food Day
This Sukkot, Support Environmental Protections from Border to Border
Question: On Sukkot, we remember our ancestors' struggles to balance their lives with the surrounding environment in order to produce a bountiful harvest each year. But most of us no longer grow our own food or live at the mercy of natural phenomena in the same ways.
Focus on the Court: Corporate Personhood
The Supreme Court has recently agreed to hear Kiobel v. Royal Dutch Petroleum Co. this term (likely in February 2012).
Book Discussion: Houses of Study - A Jewish Woman Among Books
One of my favorite activities to bring to a classroom of elementary school-aged religious school students is a deceptively simple art project: "Draw a Jew." Easy, no? In fact, I encourage you to do so, even just in your own mind, as you read these words. What does a Jew look like to you?