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Mar 19, 2025, 8:32 PM

Who Tells Our Story

I didn’t become a rabbi during the golden age of American Judaism, though I grew up believing in that shining era. No, I took on this role precisely because I saw that era slipping away—because I realized our unity...

Sam Lehman-Wilzig

Feb 28, 2025, 8:36 AM

When No News Is Good News: Israeli Arabs and Israel’s Wars

Human psychology being what it is, a major “flaw” is that we focus far more on what “is” than on what “isn’t”. There are some rare exceptions (e.g., an extended period of no rainfall), but the rule holds almost...

Martine Alperstein

Feb 20, 2025, 10:52 PM

We are not broken!

Graphic: #ittakesateam

We are in deep pain. We are a nation in mourning. We are a nation still reeling in shock. But we are not broken and we never will be. I am not worried about our beautiful, little homeland. Our beautiful, little...

Lonye Debra Rasch

Feb 11, 2025, 7:24 PM

Weighed Down by New Year’s Resolutions? How About Another Option?

Image courtesy of Hadassah.

How’s your February everyone? Did you make New Year’s resolutions this time around? If so, how is that going? If the answer is, “Not too well,” I have another approach to offer. Those of you who, like me, chose not...

Feb 3, 2025, 11:40 PM

Will Your Grandkids Remain Jewish?

The future of your grandchildren’s Jewish identity is in your hands. Are you ready to make a lasting impact? As a grandparent, you've spent a lifetime embracing Jewish traditions, values, and faith. But here’s the question that matters most: Will your grandchildren...

Jan 25, 2025, 6:27 PM

Frogs Against Apathy

Shockingly, the frogs shook Pharaoh out of his apathy, reminding us all to rise above our own. (AI)

While Israel defends sustained attacks on seven fronts, the greatest threat to our people and mission remains unchanged: apathy toward the sense of mission and purpose itself. When our enemies attempt to claim our holy sites, erase our history, and...

Jan 25, 2025, 5:39 PM

Who Are Your Influencers and Role Models?

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When you were young, who did you look up to? What did you want to be when you grew up? Who inspired you to say, “I want to be just like…” We would call such a person a role model...

Peter Buchsbaum

Dec 31, 2024, 6:14 PM

American Reform Judaism – Mourn or Celebrate

Administration Building, Hebrew Union College, CUF, Cincinnati, OH (Source: Wikimedia)

Two million Jews in the United States—at least one-third of the total—identify as Reform in polls. Yet, two prominent analysts dismiss this largest single group among American Jews as irrelevant. In Tablets Shattered: The End of an American Jewish Century,...

Aryeh Eisenberg

Dec 26, 2024, 2:52 PM

Chanukah, The Holiday of Hope?

It has been some time since my last blog post. While I have had a lot of thoughts to share, it has been difficult to bring my ideas to a written format. Part of this I suppose is because...

Sam Lehman-Wilzig

Dec 20, 2024, 12:20 PM

Hanukkah: Judaism’s Bi-Polar Holiday

The upcoming holiday of Hanukkah is easily the most substantively confusing holiday in the Jewish calendar. Even worse, its confusion is not a mere theological or historical oddity. Rather, it has practical and political resonance to this day –...

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