Category: Rabbi’s Turn

By Rabbi Janine Schloss , Temple Beth Am After having lived most of my life in California, New York, and New Jersey, I took a job in 1993 in St. L

By Rabbi Shmuel Brody , Ashreichem Yisrael Every once in a while, Seattle gets a visit from Old Jerusalem. An elderly fellow with a white beard, a

By Rabbi Will Berkovitz, CEO, Jewish Family Service The tradition tells of a blind man, holding a blazing torch, walking a dark road late one nigh

By Rabbi Jill Borodin , Congregation Beth Shalom Rabbi Haninah, the son of Papa, says (in the Talmud, Tractate Berachot, page 35b): "Anyone who en

By Rabbi Aaron Meyer , Temple De Hirsch Sinai So named for the little bit of coffee added to a greater quantity of milk, turning the norm on its h

By Rabbi Lauren Kurland , Special to JTNews As you may have guessed from the incredibly close proximity of Labor Day and Rosh Hashanah this year,

By Rabbi Jay Rosenbaum , Herzl-Ner Tamid Conservative Congregation When we had a high school class on Muslim-Jewish dialogue last year, I asked ou

By Rabbi Ron-Ami Meyers, Congregation Ezra Bessaroth For most Americans, November means Thanksgiving is just around the corner. This year, in an u

By Rabbi Zari Weiss , Kol HaNeshamah West Seattle’s Progressive Community As I wrote this article, the House and Senate — after 16 days — fi

By Rabbi Ben Aaronson , Capitol Hill Minyan You're late for a meeting. You pull into the parking lot, and it's entirely full except for one illega

By Rabbi Joshua Samuels , Congregation Beth Israel, Bellingham In less than a week, we're going to be in the thick of the High Holy Days. This mig

By Rabbi Sholom Ber Levitin , Regional Director, Chabad of the Pacific Northwest and Rabbi, Congregation Shaarei Tefillah — Lubavitch I'll begin w

By Rabbi Allison B. Flash , Temple Beth Am Since becoming a rabbi, I have come to believe there really are five seasons to the year. There are the

By Rabbi Rob Toren, Samis Foundation A waiter approaches a customer to take his order. The customer, thinking aloud, says, "Let's see. This week i

By Rabbi Sarah Newmark, Congregation Beth Hatikvah When I tell people I'm a Reconstructionist rabbi, I generally get this response: "I've heard of

By Rabbi Mark Spiro , LivingJudaism Prior to our arrival in Seattle nearly 10 years ago, we'd heard about the warm, close-knit Jewish community, a

By Rabbi Seth Goldstein , Temple Beth Hatfiloh Whenever I find myself outside Olympia speaking to a member of a local Jewish community, I will inv

By Rabbi Moshe Kletenik , Bikur Cholim Machzikay Hadath On a recent Sunday morning, after morning services and teaching the daily Daf Yomi, the pa

By Rabbi Olivier BenHaim, Bet Alef Meditative Synagogue In last week's Torah portion, we read the universally known affirmation: "V'ahavta l'reach

By Rabbi Daniel A. Septimus, Temple De Hirsch Sinai I have a confession to make. It has been several months since I consistently visited Seward Pa