Nov 1, 2018 | Blogging from the Bimah
Rabbi Gordon Tucker introduces and reflects on a Rabbi Mishael Zion’s deeply moving testimony.: “When a person dies, among our obligations is that of paying tribute to that person’s life. This mitzvah is even more urgently felt when a person has been...
Sep 23, 2018 | Blogging from the Bimah
In his Rosh Hashanah sermon “Civil Discourse, Civil Rights in America and Israel”, which is posted on his blog Reasonable Judaism from Rabbi Tobin, the spiritual leader of B’nai Shalom in West Orange decries the fact that religious rights are now being denied to the...
Sep 21, 2018 | Blogging from the Bimah
“As a lover of Israel and a liberal, I stand before you having felt stuck and sometimes alienated by the land I love. It feels like many Israeli policies concerning the Diaspora, Jewish identity, religious pluralism, conversions or marriage by non-Orthodox...
Sep 13, 2018 | Blogging from the Bimah
In this powerful and deeply felt 2018 Rosh Hashanah sermon, Rabbi Susan Grossman of Beth Shalom in Maryland, reflects “on who we are and who we want to be, as individuals and as a Jewish People.” She shines a light on a spate of recent disturbing actions...
Sep 10, 2018 | Blogging from the Bimah
Eric Segal starts his Rosh Hashanah 5779 appeal with the story of the detention of Rabbi Dov Haiyun (pictured above) for officiating at a Masorti wedding, an event that generated widespread protest in Israel and in the Diaspora. After all, “these life cycle...
Sep 5, 2018 | Blogging from the Bimah
At the 2018 Rabbinical Assembly Convention, Rabbi Robert Slosberg gave an inspiring talk exhorting all present to support the Masorti Movement in Israel. “Masorti,” he says, is one of the great stories of Israel’s modern statehood. It is an ongoing miracle...
