Category: Rabbi’s Turn

By Rabbi Bernie Fox , Northwest Yeshiva High School One of most beloved elements of the Passover Haggadah is the discussion of the four sons. The

By Rabbi Yohanna Kinberg , Temple B'nai Torah "May we think of freedom, not as the right to do as we please, but as the opportunity to do what is

By Rabbi Simon Benzaquen, Rabbi Emeritus, Sephardic Bikur Holim To my delight, I have noticed an encouraging trend of people who might not be reli

By Rabbi Mark Glickman , Congregations Kol Ami and Kol Shalom "Nostalgia," Yogi Berra once quipped "isn't what it used to be." His insight proba

By Rabbi Harry Zeitlin , Congregation Beth Ha'Ari Judaism has contributed a great deal to world civilization. We introduced the concept of ethical

By Rabbi Beth Singer, Temple Beth Am The Pacific Northwest was greatly honored this past month by a visit from the new president of the Union for

By Rabbi Jaron Matlow , Special to JTNews Many cultures observe a festival of lights in the darkest days of winter. For us it is Hanukkah, for oth

By Rabbi Elazar Bogomilsky, The Friendship Circle, Bronnie Ware, a registered nurse in Australia, did a fascinating study a couple of years ago. Sh

By Rabbi Bruce Kadden , Temple Beth El This past year, I had the opportunity to take a four-month sabbatical, spending two months in Israel and tw

By Rabbi Jessica Kessler Marshall, Temple Beth Or Several weeks ago, Israeli police arrested and imprisoned Anat Hoffman, a founder and organizer

By Rabbi Chaim Levine, Hope for Heroism What is it about heroism that moves us so much? Why is it that when we witness human beings putting their

By Rabbi Daniel A. Weiner, Temple De Hirsch Sinai "When Israel has prostitutes and thieves, we'll be a state just like any other." —David Ben Gur

By Rabbi Rick Harkavy , Congregation Bet Chaverim Picture your grandparents. Try to visualize them. Now try to picture your great-grandparents. Tr

By Rabbi Rachel Nussbaum , The Kavana Cooperative I returned recently from a wonderful summer in Israel, where I had the privilege of serving on t

By Rabbi James L. Mirel , Temple B'nai Torah Rabbi Raphael Levine was a great mentor to me and many other rabbis and ministers over the years. Rab

By Rabbi Shalom D. (Berry) Farkash, Chabad of the Central Cascades A few weeks ago, the children were all home after the last day of school, and w

By Rabbi Jill Borodin, Congregation Beth Shalom One of my goals for this summer has been to expose my 6-year-old twin daughters to hiking. Over t

By Rabbi Alan Cook , Temple De Hirsch Sinai I have been blessed to be involved in a number of opportunities for interfaith dialogue over the past

By Rabbi Avremi Yarmush, Chabad of Whatcom County In this week's Torah portion, Korach instigates a mutiny against Moshe Rabbeinu. Throughout hist

By Rabbi Jay Rosenbaum , Herzl—Ner Tamid Conservative Congregation When I was in my early 20s, I went through a period of several years when I set