Ask the Love Rabbi: It’s been three years. I’m 34. Why won’t he commit?
Maybe your boyfriend doesn’t know what marriage looks like. Maybe he comes from a divorced home and doesn’t have a positive role model for relationships. Maybe he needs a kick in the tuchis.
Your daily spiel for Tuesday, April 25
In today’s spiel: Thousands of Jews sign a petition challenging Trump speaking at Holocaust event; U.S. State Department won’t cut Palestinian aid; NAACP president calls on Blacks and Jews to unite.
Trump-era sermons should focus on character, not policy
One of the reasons I switched synagogues was for want of a better sermon. Rabbis have a choice to critique the Trump administration’s policies in their sermons. But in some senses, that would represent a missed opportunity.
Your daily spiel for Friday, March 17
In today’s spiel: The backlash to Gavin McInnes’s anti-Jew ranting video; a rabbi, a priest and a gay atheist get high and talk God; Jewish groups praise halted travel ban.
Does the Jewish community focus too much on bad news?
Imagine how different our world would be if we were to find more pleasure in sharing positive, uplifting stories than in spreading negative ones
Your daily spiel for Tuesday, Feb. 28
Today’s spiel includes: Israeli study finds people may physically grow into their names, Dow Marmur says anti-Semitism is masquerading as anti-Zionism and Trump may cut anti-Semitism envoy.
What’s really behind the Orthodox Union’s proclamation against women rabbis?
The energy spent resisting the entry of women into positions of religious authority might be better harnessed finding solutions to issues that plague the lives of religious women.
Should rabbis help communities prepare for bleaker days?
Should rabbis be doing more to give their communities the moral strength and courage to help them deal with darker times that might lie ahead?
Ottawa’s beloved ‘rolling rabbi’ dies at 49
Ottawa’s Rabbi Yehuda Simes, a beloved educator, husband and father of nine whose blog, Rolling Rabbi, described his experiences being a quadriplegic, died Feb. 7.
Your daily spiel for Tuesday, Feb. 7
Today’s spiel includes 19 rabbis arrested for protesting Trump’s refugee ban in NYC, France’s far-right leader suggests French Jews forgo their kippot and must-watch Jewish moments from SNL.
