This week’s commentary is dedicated to the memory of Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai...

With a subject like abortion, where people are easily controlled by their passions, it becomes easy to base our opinions on what we “feel”..

For those who still live in a world of pink unicorns and think that there is no longer mainstream hate and anti-Semitism, I suggest that....

Often called “the holiness code”, this week’s Torah reading is, in some ways, the very essence of Judaism.

And Aaron shall place lots upon the two he goats: one lot “For the Lord,” and the other lot, “For Azazel.” –Lev. 16:8

The Shabbat immediately preceding Passover is called “Shabbat HaGadol”, “the big Sabbath”.

“Life and Death are in the Hands of the Tongue” (Proverbs 18:21)

I once heard an eager student ask Rabbi Ronnie Serr how he should go about becoming more observant.

All the Festivals will be annulled in future time except for Purim” Midrash Mishlei 9:2

This week’s Torah reading are the first chapters of the Book of Leviticus…

“Do not regard anyone with contempt, and do not reject anything, for there is no man who does not have his hour and nothing which does...

Idolatry. Sexual immorality. Murder. The description of the events of the Golden Calf in this week’s portion sound like the outline for...

The Urim and Thummim are something that is rarely discussed in the Reform Jewish world, although they have great importance both...

The first two lines of this Torah reading teach a valuable lesson we all need to remember in personal relationships: how to give a gift.

In the “Ahavat Olam” prayer chanted before the recitation of the Shema, we thank God for “laws and statutes” (chukim u’mishpatim).

Robert Kennedy Jr. has recently been taken to task in the media and by many Jewish organizations for supposedly comparing the Holocaust ...

“I am my Beloved’s, and my Beloved is mine” ---Song of Songs 6:3 For months and sometimes even years we prepare for our wedding day.

When I was ordained as a Rabbi, a speaker told our graduating class that we were now all “officers in God’s army.”

This week’s Torah portion contains one of the most powerful, and ethically challenging teachings in the Torah as the Hebrews cross...

The story in this week’s portion is as recognizable as any in the entire Torah. Discussed at the Passover seder, it begins with Moses.....