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26 Apr

Ask the Rabbis, Spring Issue 2023

Ask the Rabbis | What Does Israel Reaching 75 Mean in the Context of 3,000 Years of Jewish History?

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May 17, 2023

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These 75 years of the existence of the State of Israel do not just resolve 2,000 years of exile but bring to a climax 3,000 years of Jewish history.

11 Jan

Ask the Rabbis, Winter Issue 2023

Ask the Rabbis | What Jewish Wisdom Would You Offer Today’s Billionaires?

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January 12, 2023

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Best to hold on to it so you can enjoy your bounty, but make sure you leave some for me.

07 Nov

2022 November/December, Ask the Rabbis

Ask the Rabbis | How Would You Counsel a Parent and Child Who Are Estranged?

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November 8, 2022

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I wouldn’t. Assuming the child in question is an adult, and depending on the degree to which the estrangement has festered, and barring cases of abuse, trying to heal such rifts is misplaced effort.

21 Sep

2022 September/October, Ask the Rabbis

Ask the Rabbis | Can Jews Married to Non-Jews be Considered Spiritual Leaders in the Jewish Community?

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October 15, 2024

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Why not? Moses was not such a bad spiritual leader of our people, and he was married to Tziporah the Midianite.

29 Jun

Ask the Rabbis, Summer Issue 2022

Ask the Rabbis | Does Jewish Law Offer Guidance on How to Fight a War?

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September 13, 2022

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Before engaging an enemy in combat, we must offer to negotiate a peace (Deuteronomy 20:10).

A pro-choice rally marches. Their signs that say things like "Keep abortion legal."

24 Jun

Ask the Rabbis, From the Archive, Latest

From 2009 | Ask the Rabbis | When Does Life Begin?

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March 8, 2023

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Classical Jewish rulings concerning abortion rely primarily on the woman’s instinct, and they respect that until the fetus emerges from the womb, it remains an integral part of the woman’s body alone.

a woman centered in the image of Hebrew texts

28 Mar

Ask the Rabbis, Spring Issue 2022

Ask the Rabbis | How Is Judaism Different After Half a Century of Female Clergy?

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August 17, 2022

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Fifty years ago, Sally Priesand was ordained as a Reform rabbi, the first woman clergy member in American Jewish history. To mark this anniversary, we asked rabbis, male and female, to reflect.

Illustration for "Is political compromise a Jewish Virtue?"

31 Jan

Ask the Rabbis, Winter Issue 2022

Ask the Rabbis | Is Political Compromise a Jewish Virtue?

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January 31, 2022

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That’s how Abraham resolves his dispute with Lot over grazing lands: “If you head left, I’ll head right. If you head right, I’ll go left” (Genesis 13:9).

A visual of two groups of people split by a gorge, over which hangs a huge needle with a dose of medicine inside of it. On one side of the gorge, a crowd of people performs everyday activities. A sign is planted in the ground that says "DEUT 30:19: CHOOSE LIFE." On the other side, three people seem to be panicked and distressed.

15 Nov

2021 November/December, Ask the Rabbis, Jewish World

Ask the Rabbis | How Do You Deal With People in Your Community Who Don’t Want to Get Vaccinated?

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January 14, 2022

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I don’t. It is not my place to nudge people to get or not to get vaccinated.

08 Sep

2021 September/October, Ask the Rabbis, Jewish World

Ask the Rabbis | How Can We Avoid the Trap of Self-Righteousness?

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December 20, 2021

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Everyone wants to be right—in the right way. What’s the line between striving for moral perfection and being a jerk?

09 Jun

Ask the Rabbis, Jewish World, Summer Issue 2021

Ask the Rabbis | Does Absolute Evil Exist, and If So, What Does It Look Like Today?

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December 20, 2021

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Evil was introduced the moment God looked at Creation and “saw that it was good!” For the existence of good implies the existence of evil, just as big implies small and cold implies hot.

15 Mar

Ask the Rabbis, Jewish World, Spring issue 2021

Ask the Rabbis | Post-Pandemic, What Elements of Virtual Judaism Will We Keep?

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December 20, 2021

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In 2018, as synagogues pondered livestreaming some services for the convenience of infirm relatives, we asked the rabbis to contemplate what was surely a distant, speculative future: “What role should virtual presence play in Jewish ritual and community?”