When asked what my favorite Jewish holiday is, I always reply with an answer that may be surprising. Without question, Yom Kippur is my...

(Photo, Jehad Alshrafi, AP) I have always loved Parashat Ekev. It contains a wealth of majestic, powerful and beloved language. But...

Photo by Aaron Levy-Wolins, J. Staff Bay Area family’s generational discord over Israel is captured in series of letters BY ALIX WALL ...

The first question typically asked about the conflict of Korach with Moses is, “What did Korach do that was so terribly wrong? All he did...

from Truah, The Rabbinic Call for Human Rights, truah.org I write on behalf of 56 local rabbis [the current number is 61] who have...

( istockphoto.com ) “Who is the person who truly desires life, loving each day, seeking out the good? Guard your tongue from evil and...

Jason Francisco, Jerusalem/al-Quds, June 2023 I am very pleased to share the publication of this article that my daughter, Penina...

​ Introduction from Rabbi Amy Eilberg Eight members of the Rabbinical Assembly, along with several spouses and friends, traveled to...

"SSelma Jubilee 2025," photograph my own The Israelite community comes together to accomplish a momentous task, constructing the sacred...

"Lamentations Over the Death of the First-Born of Egypt" by Charles Sprague Pearce (1877) As I write, the long-awaited cease-fire is in...

( istockphoto.com ) How will we get through the next four years? This week’s Torah portion, Vayetzei, offers some answers. Though there...

Dinner in Cantor David Frommer’s sukkah in his San Francsico home, Oct. 10, 2017. (David A.M. Wilensky/J. Staff) The wrenching...

TOPSHOT – A Palestinian girl looks for salvageable items amid the destruction on the southern outskirts of Khan Yunis in the war-battered...

Traveling recently on a Racial Justice Pilgrimage of leaders of the Conservative/Masorti movement, I visited a remarkable place called...

As Elul approaches, the exhortations of the High Holidays begin to ring in our ears, calling us to examine our lives and begin anew. I...

Immediately after landing at Ben Gurion Airport in May, we encountered an enormous display of large posters of the hostages still held in...

("Moses Strikes the Rock" by Richard Andre, 1884) In a world full of rage, this week’s Torah portion (Hukat) brings us an important...

I can only dream of what would happen if both peoples said to one another, "You know, the land doesn't really belong to either of us."

As Jews, we must remember that we were slaves in Egypt. As Americans, we a part of the chain of history that includes the horrors of slavery

How do we encourage robust conversation at the seder about what is on all of our minds and hearts without making war on each other?