Category: Rabbi’s Turn

By Rabbi Yohanna Kinberg, Temple B'nai Torah I was born in 1972. This was the year that the Ms. Foundation for Women released its ever-popular rec

By Rabbi Jacob Elisha Fine, Hillel at the University of Washington One of the occupational hazards of being a rabbi is that self-identified atheis

By Rabbi Jonathan Singer, Temple Beth Am When I was growing up, my sister loved to share with me the well-known Chinese curse: "May you live in i

By Rabbi Seth Goldstein, Temple Beth Hatfiloh Over the past month I have watched with horror as one of the largest environmental disasters unfol

By Rabbi Moshe Kletenik, Bikur Cholim-Machzikay Hadath Congregation That hundreds of rabbis came to the Rabbinical Council of America's annual con

By Rabbi Olivier BenHaim, Bet Alef Meditative Synagogue As my first name suggests, I was born in France. The France I grew up in offered only one

By Rabbi Rob Toren, Samis Foundation I received in my e-mail inbox a link to a fascinating YouTube video: A violinist playing at a subway station

By Rabbi Anson Laytner, Congregation Kol HaNeshamah I've heard it now from three different congregations: "Rabbi, how can we talk about the Israel

By Rabbi Mark S. Glickman, Congregations Kol Ami and Kol Shalom In late February, my 15-year-old son Jacob and I had an adventure neither of us

By Rabbi Harry Zeitlin, Congregation Beth Ha'Ari We exist to be loved because the dominant "flavor" of God is love — it must be dynamic and flow

By Rabbi Beth J. Singer, Temple Beth Am Some days while driving to a downtown meeting or hospital, I listen to KTTH-AM 770, "The Truth" "˜— Seatt

By Rabbi Jaron B. Matlow, Shalom Aleichem. I am the "New guy in town," so I want to introduce myself. I am a retired Navy officer and disabled ve

By Rabbi Elazar Bogomilsky, Chai Center of Greater Seattle Your list of wishes and hopes for the coming year are probably exactly the same as min

By Rabbi Bruce Kadden, Temple Beth El, Tacoma Like most rabbis, I often speak to non-Jewish groups who want to learn more about Judaism. One of t

By Rabbi Avrohom David, Seattle Kollel One of the misconceptions many Jews have is that you are either religious or not religious — that Judaism

By Rabbi Josh Hearshen, It seems that only yesterday we were all standing in our synagogues awaiting the final tekiyah of the High Holy Days and lo

By Rabbi Jessica Marshall, Temple Beth Or Lying in bed, the soft dawn light peeking in through my curtains, still in that state between being asle

By Rabbi Chaim Levine, LivingJudaism The problem with trying to find the solution to the current economic instability is that the answer has nothi

By Rabbi Daniel Weiner, Temple De Hirsch Sinai One of the most memorable scenes in Judd Apatow's morality tale of male maturation, Knocked Up, i

By Rabbi Yechezkel Kornfeld , Congregation Shevet Achim Everything in Judaism is both constant and unique. The reason for this seeming paradox is