Ask the Rabbis // What Does Judaism Say about Immigration?
In Israel or America, in our homeland or dispersion, we are immigrants and the children of immigrants. ...
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Ask the Rabbis: Does Jewish anxiety have a theological basis?
INDEPENDENT Anxiety is a universal human malady that strikes when we find ourselves at the crossroads of choice-making, equipped with several hefty wagonloads of relativities and barely a handful of absolutes. It was not into the light of clarity that Moses journeyed for his encounter with...
Ask the Rabbis // What Makes Someone a “Real” Rabbi?
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...
Ask The Rabbis | Will It Matter to Jews If There Is a Mormon President?
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...
Ask the Rabbis | Are Jews Still Expecting a Messiah?
[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...
Ask the Rabbis | What does it mean to be pro-Israel today?
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...
Ask the Rabbis: What is the Greatest Sin for Which the Jewish Community Should Atone?
For what should our community atone on Yom Kippur? ...
Ask the Rabbis | What Advice Would You Give if Your Child Told You He or She Was Gay?
What advice would you give if your child told you he or she were gay?...