Gary Rosenblatt raises concern about more survey numbers, this time from the American Jewish Committee, that point to a growing rift between Orthodoxy and the rest of American Jewry.
This is a story that has been building and developing for more than several decades, actually, and in many ways has its roots in a series of […]
Reading Rodger Kamenetz’s The History of Last Night’s Dream and enjoying how an immersion in dream thought actually does enhance one’s ability to dream at night when sleep sets in.
The Talmud says that dreams are 1/60 of prophecy and if you’re willing to allow such phenomenon to be an open book, then I highly recommend […]
I assume I wasn’t the only Jew in America who cringed when Tim Russert decided to pursue Louis Farrakhan and his “endorsement” of Barack Obama. Seeing this issue thrust into the middle of the Democratic debate tonight over a relatively minor point of interest for most Americans was, how shall we say, unfortunate. […]
A new Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life study “depicts a highly fluid and diverse national religious life” according to the New York Times.
Well I suppose we can say the cup is half-empty or half-full.
The new Pew study sheds light on religious affiliation in America. We learn that nearly 25% of Americans now […]
One of the more critically acclaimed books to come out of the Reform movement in recent years is The Torah: A Women’s Commentary.
On Thursday evening March 6 at Temple Emanu-El in Manhattan, the co-editor and contributors to the Women of Reform Judaism’s The Torah: A Women’s Commentary, incorporating new critical approaches, feminism, and innovative […]
A lot of people are asking about the “revivalist” sensation of Senator Barack Obama’s crowd-pleasing speeches. What follows are my own thoughts on the question and how it relates to the role of religion and faith in American political life.
A similar column can be found in the On Faith blog at the Washington Post […]
Eli Lake of the NY SUN writes an analysis of Senator Barack Obama’s foreign policy team, which he declares is very much part of the Democratic Party mainstream.
This topic–like that of all the Presidential candidates foreign policy teams–is of great interest to the American Jewish electorate, especially with regards to Israel.
Despite the emails going around […]
A reporter from a Jewish paper called today to ask if I felt that congregations’ interest in stopping the genocide in Darfur had begun to wane.
Good question.
I mentioned that in the last couple years there were two “peaks” of interest and activity–namely, the large demonstrations in DC and Central Park.
And that in the steady time […]
Our Revson Rabbinic Intern, Matt Soffer, recently gave a sermon about God’s presence on the Web. It’s a great piece of thinking and you’re invited to offer feedback.
Matthew Soffer, Revson Rabbinic Intern
Congregation Beth Elohim, Brooklyn, NY
February 8, 2008/ 2 Adar 5768
Parshat Terumah: A Blueprint of ‘Beit Elohim’ for a Sacred Cyberworld?
We have really done […]
If you haven’t been to the William Steig show at the Jewish Museum, can I suggest you get up there before mid-March when the show closes?
It’s well put together, quickly enveloping the visitor into his deeply realist and humor-filled fearlessness about the frailty and beauty of the human psyche. Amazing how he managed, over […]