Rabbi Chaim Seidler-Feller is director emeritus of UCLA Hillel and on the faculty of the Shalom Hartman Institute. He is active in Smol Emuni US.
Chaim Seidler-Feller
By Chaim Seidler-Feller
-
Opinion ‘For the sins we have committed’: Reimagining Yom Kippur liturgy in a post-Oct. 7 world
This year, the traditional confessional prayer Jews recite is not enough.
-
Community In 2020, we’ve been unable to breathe. But after the election, we finally took a breath.
Last Shabbat, when the news spread that Joe Biden had won, I breathed a sigh of relief. Along with my family and millions in the U.S. and the world over I felt that a massive burden had been lifted from our shoulders and that we could, therefore, breathe freely again. Then it struck me that…
Explore
Most Popular
- 1
Culture Why do Jews eat Chinese food on Christmas?
- 2
Sports First Puka Nacua, now Mookie Betts: Why do sports stars keep getting antisemitic around a Jewish streamer?
- 3
Culture We tried to fix Hallmark’s Hanukkah problem. Here’s the movie we made instead
- 4
Holy Ground One of America’s first Jewish farms was nearly lost to history. Now these Brooklyn parents are risking everything to keep their family’s legacy alive.
In Case You Missed It
-
Fast Forward Israel becomes first country to recognize Somaliland, drawing condemnation from Egypt, Turkey and Somalia
-
Opinion ‘Jesus is a Palestinian,’ claims a Times Square billboard. Um, not quite
-
Fast Forward 82 years after his plane was shot down in China, Jewish WWII pilot Morton Sher is laid to rest at home
-
Fast Forward Trump administration Christmas messages emphasize Jesus in overtly religious terms
-
Shop the Forward Store
100% of profits support our journalism
