Open Search form

Reform Judaism

Apply for a Blog

Sep 30, 2026, 12:21 AM

What Kind of Brotherhood Are We Offering Our Sons?

When I saw the story out of Wisconsin, I recognized the scene before I even finished reading it. Police responding to an anonymous tip at an Alpha Epsilon Pi fraternity house near the University of Wisconsin–Madison said they found roughly...

Michelle Philippon

Sep 25, 2026, 6:49 PM

What this former evangelical found in a Reform synagogue

After growing up in megachurches, I took a job at a Reform synagogue and discovered a very different way of thinking about God, sin, belonging — and myself

Allen S. Maller

Sep 18, 2026, 6:15 PM

If God had so willed, he would have made you One Community

“They (some Jews) have set up their religious leaders and scholars as lords instead of God. Others (most Christians) deified the Messiah, son of Mary. They were all commanded to worship only one God. There is no God except...

Karen Reiss Medwed

Sep 17, 2026, 9:30 PM

Keep Open the Gates

There is a precious moment in the final Yom Kippur service of Neilah, when we beseech, "p'tach lanu sha'ar, b'et ne'ilat sha'ar,” open a gate for us, at this time of the gate's closing. As the sun sets and darkness is about to envelop us, we cry out for...

Sep 17, 2026, 8:32 PM

I Miss the Mistakes

I miss typos. I miss misspelled words, sentences that go on too long and emails that end without quite knowing how to end. I miss bulletin articles with clumsy transitions. I miss sermons that take a strange turn because...

Allen S. Maller

Sep 17, 2026, 6:48 AM

Of 2000 Prophets 1000 Were Ongoing Israelites

Brannon Wheeler in his article: ”Arab Prophets of the Quran and Bible." Journal of Quranic Studies 8.2 (2006): 24-57: a study that focuses on the question of the ‘Arab’ prophets Hūd, Sālih, and Shucayb. Of all the prophets mentioned...

Allen S. Maller

Sep 7, 2026, 4:40 AM

A RABBI’S VIEW OF MUHAMMAD AS AN ABRAHAMIC PROPHET

Arrogant pride in the superiority of one’s own religion should be condemned by all religious leaders. Almost all parents love their own children much more than they love the children of their neighbors. This is only natural. Most parents...

Sep 1, 2026, 8:11 AM

You Can Run From Zionism. But You Can Never Escape Your Judaism

Brad Lander, a progressive Jewish politician in New York, attending Zohran Mamdani's primary election watch party in June 2025. (Heather Khalifa/AP)

Brad Lander has spent years of his political career trying to prove that being Jewish does not require being a supporter of Israel. Last weekend, he was shown that people don't care. Lander, the Democratic nominee for New York’s 10th...

Aug 28, 2026, 6:36 AM

Bring Your Congregation into the Black Book of Life

Times are Tough for Temples

Congregations across the United States and around the world are struggling to keep their doors open. Fewer people are becoming members; synagogues and temples are being forced to merge to be financially viable; even twice-a-year Jews are dwindling. Part...

Allen S. Maller

Aug 26, 2026, 8:34 PM

Jewish Wisdom Stories Retold by Rabbi Allen S. Maller

Rabbi Shmuel Arieh, who once lived in the village of Koshilovitz, where the Baal Shem Tov had worked as a shohet (slaughter) before his greatness was revealed, related this to me: “I met an 80 year old shohet in...

Load more