Judaism

By Rabbi David Levin Parshat Korach As I engaged with Parshat Korach this time around, I found myself asking an interesting question: If I were there,...

By Rabbi Cynthia Kravitz Parshat Shelach Lecha The Torah is a prism through which we see our lives and, like a prism, it has many facets. Twelve...

Judaism is notably ambiguous about the afterlife. Jewish law instructs Jews on specific practices, such as funeral and burial rites, and shiva, but concepts like...

By Rabbi Daniel Levitt Parshat Beha’alotcha This week’s Torah portion, Beha’alotcha, begins by describing a general murmuring of complaints and negativity against God, which resulted in...

By Rabbi Robert Layman Parashat Naso This week’s Torah reading, Naso in the Book of Numbers, is the longest in the annual cycle of parshiot. It begins...

By Rabbi Abe Friedman Parashat Bamidbar As Shabbat draws to a close this week, we will also reach the end of counting the omer — 49...

By Rabbi Leah R. Berkowitz Parshat Behukotai Whenever I’m asked to explain the difference between the denominations of Judaism, I respond that each group is defined...

By Rabbi Evan Schultz When the daughter of one of our past synagogue presidents recently moved into town with her new husband, I did what...

Rabbi Howard Alpert Lag B’Omer and Parshat Behar May 23 is Lag B’Omer — the 33rd day of the counting of the omer. Marking the occasion, bonfires...

Reform Congregation Rodeph Shalom and LGBTQ synagogue Beth Ahavah commemorated their merger with a ceremony in the newly dedicated Beth Ahavah Historical Sacred Space. The...