Esther and Vashti: Strong Women with Modern Problems
A Tree Grows in Beit Shemesh
After a surprising snowfall in Jerusalem last Shabbat, this week we got a preview of spring. The sun was shining and the wildflowers were in bloom. There are few things more beautiful than a field full of wild tulips, primrose, and cormorants.
Rabbi David Saperstein to Protest at Sudanese Embassy
Saperstein: I am here today because when Jews mark the Passover holiday, we read that in every generation, we are to see ourselves as if we personally had been liberated from Egypt.
Statement of Union for Reform Judaism President Rabbi Rick Jacobs Responding to the Mass Shooting in El Paso, TX
Shock and Sadness in the Wake of Tragic French Shooting
Shooting at Jewish School in France Sends Shock through Reform Movement
Pelavin: "No mother should ever have to face the inestimable hardship of losing her husband and children in one instant, nor should parents have to mourn the loss of a child. "
Jewish Leaders' Letter to Under Secretary Sigal P. Mandelker
Dear Under Secretary Mandelker,
Rabbi David Saperstein Arrested At Sudanese Embassy
Rabbi Saperstein: Today, knowing every unresponsive day means more pain, more suffering, more death, more orphans - today this is our answer: We must not, we dare not, we will not stand idly by.