INDEPENDENT It is the community more than anything else that makes someone a rabbi. If the community finds a person’s teachings and leadership inspiring and enriching, if that person enhances their spiritual development and their immersion in Jewish life, this qualifies a person as a rabbi...
INDEPENDENT Historically, the religious affiliation of a governmental leader has never been an issue for the Jewish people, as long as the government involved was not itself oppressive. Although Jews were thoroughly and severely oppressed over more than 1,600 years by leaders with Catholic or Protestant...
[vc_row row_type="row" type="full_width" text_align="left" css_animation=""][vc_column][vc_column_text]INDEPENDENT Very few of us ever expected the Messiah. We spent most of our history hoping for one. And one day, indeed, the dove will return with those hopes grasped firmly in its beak. But it is up to us to do...
Independent Being pro-Israel today means being ever so cautious about what you read in the biased media about Israel. At the same time, it also means being ever so cautious about turning a blind eye to what is going on in Israel. I am a staunch...
For what should our community atone on Yom Kippur? ...
What advice would you give if your child told you he or she were gay?...