#NotOneMore: Taking Action to End Gun Violence
The other day, I was asked why I got involved in the gun violence prevention movement. It’s because of my intolerance—I have no tolerance for injustice and nonsense.
This Rabbi is Taking the Fight Against Gun Violence Directly to Seattle Lawmakers
In the month of June, which also marks National Gun Violence Awareness Month, our nation witnessed the largest and deadliest mass shooting in modern American history.
#NotOneMore: Taking Action to End Gun Violence on September 25
This past Mother’s Day, I marched with my family in the Moms Demand Action's 4th Annual Brooklyn Bridge March and Rally to End Gun Violence (#BridgetoGunSense).
How Can We Combat the Scourge of Gun Violence?
The scourge of gun violence is one that has affected so many of our neighbors, and we are commanded by Jewish tradition to act.
Responding to Orlando
On Sunday, June 12, the largest and deadliest mass shooting in American history occurred at Pulse, a gay nightclub in Orlando Florida, leaving 49 lives lost, and over 53 people injured.
Remembering Charleston, One Year Later
On June 17, 2015, one year ago today, nine people were killed at the historic Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston, South Carolina when a 21-year-old man opened fire in a weekly Bible study.
Rabbinic Responses (and More) to Yesterday's Orlando Nightclub Shooting
I spent most of yesterday in the car, sitting in traffic, trying to make conversation with my wife, and thinking about the unfathomable horror of the massacre in Orlando. I find it all but impossible to mentally process evil of such magnitude, let alone to understand it.
How Camps Can Better Welcome People of All Sexualities and Gender Identities
Our camps are not always welcome places or even designed to be inclusive of individuals who identify within the LGBTQIA community. But the good news is that our camps are trying to navigate a path of change, and a panel discussion that took place in May is evidence of the beginning of change.
For Orlando, For the USA: A Prayer After the Pulse Nightclub Shooting
In Orlando early Sunday, 49 people died in the deadliest mass shooting in U.S history, in an act of domestic hate and terror focused on a popular gay nightclub. May the memories of the righteous be a blessing.