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An Interfaith Model For The Trump Era

Repair the World’s new volunteer/dialogue effort includes frank talk across religious and political divides

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How Jews And Christians Differ On ‘Faith’

I recently had the opportunity to speak at the Chautauqua Institution (CI) about the “Crisis of Faith” in America. For those unfamiliar, CI was founded in 1874 by Methodist Bishop John Vincent as a summer camp for Sunday school teachers on the shores of Lake Chautauqua near Jamestown, N.Y. Today, CI functions like a summer camp […]

The Kiddush In A Riga Basement

“Do not withhold the wages due to your hired hand … that very day shall you give him his payment” [Deuteronomy 24:14–15]. This Shabbat, the 11th of Elul, marks 47 years to the day of one of the most transformative moments in my life, in the most unlikely of places and circumstances. It was on […]

Into The Eye Of The Storm: The Jewish Heroes Of Hurricane Harvey

In New Book, JTS Professor Traces His ‘Cultural Footprints From The Rabbinic Past’

When Disability Isn’t Everything Or The Only Thing

New Spotlight On Admissions Illuminates Old Divisions

A Mom’s Hope, A Son’s Struggle: Part Two

Relating Ancient Judaism To The Modern Era

President Macron And How To Apologize For The Sins Of The Past

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