Just let go! A TORCH Parsha Minute on Beshalach with Rabbi Aryeh Wolbe

What Makes A Rabbi A Rabbi?

Rabbis are rabbis in no small part by the work they do, pastoral, ritual, social justice, organizational, all informed by ...

When Rabbis Should not Keep Quiet

They have a duty to speak up against any danger that threatens the Jewish community or the fundamental precepts of civilized life. What’s crucial, however, is that they make a correct judgment-call on such matters—one that reflects Jewish ethical principles of truth and justice.

Why Would the Rabbis Offer a Blessing for Our Differences?

Professionally and personally, I have witnessed the beauty in how the “different” can bring together families, their friends and their Jewish communities. In particular, I was privileged to be part of the process as Aubree Bella became a bat mitzvah.

Should we Ignore All the Rabbis Who Tell Us to Stay in America?

In this episode we speak with Rabbi Danny Myers of Beit Shemesh about the sensitive and delicate question of when we should be listening to our rabbis and when we should take a broader perspective of their words

What’s a Good First Book about Judaism?

“Rabbi, what’s the FIRST book I should read about Judaism?”

Why Do Selichot Follow Such an Odd Schedule?

You’re going to have to clue me in on this one, Rabbi.

Can Orthodox Jewish women be rabbis?

There are plenty of women rabbis in the US, but they come from the more liberal side of Jewish tradition. In the Orthodox world, women's ordination is starting be a thing. And it's controversial.

Is the Rabbi an Endangered Species?

For despite what technology might sometimes make us think, a rabbi simply cannot be replaced by an iPhone that can sing prayers, search the Talmud, and provide pastoral care.

How Long Will This Defiance Continue?

If she walks like a rabbi and talks like a rabbi and gives sermons like a rabbi – and with a wink and a nod is treated like a rabbi – the Open Orthodox congregations employing her are violating the policies of the RCA and OU and the standards of Orthodox Judaism.

So You’ve Been Canceled: A Yom Kippur Atonement Guide

A rabbi's advice for those who have done wrong and those who can’t forgive.

What Anti-Semites Do For Us

“I remember my dad tried to make me Jewish and failed, the local rabbi tried to make me Jewish and failed, my Jewish friends tried to make me Jewish and failed. It took the leader (Corbyn) of the Labour Party to do that.”

Black Hat and Beard Optional: What Makes a Jew?

A rabbi with a black hat and beard once told me that a black hat and beard don’t make a Chassid, a pious Jew who goes beyond the law in fulfilling their duties toward others and God – and a specific gender doesn’t, either.

When Your Rabbi Comes Out as Gay

When The Rabbi's Wife Plays Gay Matchmaker

"Someday in the not-so-distant future, I choose to believe, the sight of Yeshiva kids walking into school with their two Abbas will be old hat." Read More

The clever fake rabbis who made millions off of Prohibition

The Roaring Twenties was a raging headache for Jewish leadership, writes the author of "Intemperate Spirits," a new book about Prohibition.

I Was Supposed to Become an Ultra-Orthodox Rabbi. I Was Meant to Be Abby.

To live her truest life, a transgender woman says goodbye to everything she's ever known.

Can we Stop for a Minute? A Call for an Ecclesiastical Intervention

It never changes. At every event, at every workshop, in so many of our sanctuaries and board rooms the conversation is all the same. Seemingly daily new books are published which contain some version of a response to the same conversation. “The Church is Dying! What do we do? What’s next? How will we make …