​ Introduction from Rabbi Amy Eilberg Eight members of the Rabbinical Assembly, along with several spouses and friends, traveled to...

"SSelma Jubilee 2025," photograph my own The Israelite community comes together to accomplish a momentous task, constructing the sacred...

"Lamentations Over the Death of the First-Born of Egypt" by Charles Sprague Pearce (1877) As I write, the long-awaited cease-fire is in...

( istockphoto.com ) How will we get through the next four years? This week’s Torah portion, Vayetzei, offers some answers. Though there...

Dinner in Cantor David Frommer’s sukkah in his San Francsico home, Oct. 10, 2017. (David A.M. Wilensky/J. Staff) The wrenching...

TOPSHOT – A Palestinian girl looks for salvageable items amid the destruction on the southern outskirts of Khan Yunis in the war-battered...

Traveling recently on a Racial Justice Pilgrimage of leaders of the Conservative/Masorti movement, I visited a remarkable place called...

As Elul approaches, the exhortations of the High Holidays begin to ring in our ears, calling us to examine our lives and begin anew. I...

Immediately after landing at Ben Gurion Airport in May, we encountered an enormous display of large posters of the hostages still held in...

("Moses Strikes the Rock" by Richard Andre, 1884) In a world full of rage, this week’s Torah portion (Hukat) brings us an important...

I can only dream of what would happen if both peoples said to one another, "You know, the land doesn't really belong to either of us."

As Jews, we must remember that we were slaves in Egypt. As Americans, we a part of the chain of history that includes the horrors of slavery

How do we encourage robust conversation at the seder about what is on all of our minds and hearts without making war on each other?

We live in a time of cacophony. It is hard to avoid the insistent opinions, accusations and proclamations, both external and — for many...

Leaders of the Conservative Movement reflect on our recent Racial Justice Pilgrimage

A perfect opportunity to think about the virtue and practice of generosity, even in difficult times.

Often, I cannot do anything that feels substantial enough. But I can offer kindness to people lost in sadness, fear and anger.

We live in the midst of several wars these days. Even with some hopeful signs on the ground, our hearts are consumed with pain and worry...

'Noah's Ark on Mount Ararat’ (1570) by Flemish painter Simon de Myle (courtesy of JWeekly) We are all reeling from the attack on Israel...

On Rosh Hashanah, it is written and on Yom Kippur, it is sealed: How many will die and how many will be born? Who will live and who will...