Rabbinics & Spirituality

By Jay Michaelson

Here’s a simple question: What does spirituality do? Television entertains, travel inspires, law patrols the boundaries — but what about the practices of religion? What purpose do they serve?Read More

For Students, A Spiritual Journey Through the Wilderness

By Devra Ferst

Nearly two dozen teenagers looked out over the ravine at Bear Mountain in New York, pausing from their hike to take in the vista of treetops spreading out in front of them.Read More

Making Jewish Beliefs Accessible To More

By Lana Gersten

At a time when many pulpit rabbis have fewer congregants to attend to, a Jewish institution is urging them to turn their attention to a larger flock — American society.Read More

Portrait of the Rabbi as an Artist Explaining Another Artist’s Portrait

By Rabbi Dan Ornstein

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Getting Serious About Love

By Jay Michaelson

In a recent sermon, up-and-coming rabbi David Ingber complained, “You never hear about love in Jewish newspapers.” Part of the reason for this is, of course, that love is rarely newsworthy; crisis is just better press. But it is true, in the Jewish world, that religiously, intellectually and culturally, love isn’t serious.Read More

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