rabbis
Protesters occupy New York’s Grand Central to demand cease-fire in Gaza
By Fiona André — October 28, 2023
New York (RNS) — The event was organized by Jewish Voice for Peace, an anti-Zionist organization created in 1996 that also occupied Congress a week ago, asking for an immediate cease-fire between Israel and Hamas.
What do Jews want to hear on the High Holy Days?
By Jeffrey Salkin — September 12, 2023
(RNS) — To my rabbinical colleagues, just when you thought you were done with your sermons.
Is ‘You Are So Not Invited to My Bat Mitzvah’ good for the Jews — or Judaism?
By Jeffrey Salkin — September 5, 2023
(RNS) — Why is American Judaism bar/bat mitzvah-centric? Ask Adam Sandler and his family.
Harold Kushner was America’s rabbi
By Jeffrey Salkin — May 1, 2023
(RNS) — Rabbi Harold Kushner wrote the bestselling Jewish book of all time — with the possible exception of the Bible. His gentle wisdom helped and healed millions of people.
When a rabbinical school closes
By Jeffrey Salkin — March 28, 2022
(RNS) — A requiem for a rabbinical program. Actually, for far more than that.
Can clergy avoid burnout?
By Jeffrey Salkin — March 21, 2022
(RNS) — Religious leaders cannot be everything and they cannot do everything. Ask Mordecai, the hero of Purim.
For Rabbi Earl Grollman, death was the classroom
By Jeffrey Salkin — October 20, 2021
(RNS) — Rabbi Earl Grollman has died. His books taught us how to cope with that.
We are Surfside, Florida
By Jeffrey Salkin — June 25, 2021
(RNS) — Prayers come in the form of deeds. So do miracles. Let's hope.
High Holy Days during COVID-19 mean financial, spiritual challenges for synagogues
By Menachem Wecker — September 25, 2020
(RNS) — For synagogues, COVID-19 brings spiritual, technological and financial challenges for synagogues during the High Holy Days.
France’s ‘hip’ female rabbi draws Muslims, Christians and Jews in a time of crisis
By Julia Lieblich and Luc Vachez — June 29, 2020
(RNS) — One of only four female rabbis in France, Delphine Horvilleur calls herself a storyteller, and one who believes that ‘God has a good sense of humor.’
Orthodox rabbis in Bergen County, NJ, cancel all synagogue services, gatherings
By Yonat Shimron — March 12, 2020
(RNS) — The decision by the Rabbinical Council of Bergen County stipulated that all services, classes and celebrations should be canceled and that kosher restaurants under the group's jurisdiction serve only takeout.
Stresses multiply for many US clergy: ‘We need help too’
By David Crary — February 19, 2020
(AP) — From anti-Semitic violence to Islamophobia to sex abuse fears to their own financial insecurity, rabbis, imams, priests and ministers face newly evolving stresses that compound the usual cares of clergy.
Your rabbi has sinned
By Jeffrey Salkin — October 6, 2019
Religious professionals screw up in all sorts of ways. Forgive them.
In Israel, a rabbinical plan to hide Africans facing deportation
By Lauren Markoe — January 18, 2018
JERUSALEM (RNS) — 'If someone had told me 10 years ago this would happen, I’d have said a Jewish state would never send desperate refugees away to their deaths,' said Rabbi Susan Silverman, sister of comedian Sarah Silverman.
Preaching about guns? Get political!
By Jeffrey Salkin — October 5, 2017
Preachers can talk about the real world. Or, they can be irrelevant. You choose what kind of religion you want.
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