Proudly Jewish - Proudly Progressive
Proudly Jewish - Proudly Progressive
Our parashah this week, “Ki Teitzei”, offers us yet another opportunity to be inspired by Moses’ review of what God demands of our ancestors in order that they fulfil their national destiny to become a holy people, a Godly people.…
The month of Elul is a time of repentance in preparation for the High Holidays of Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur. The word “Elul” means “search,” which is appropriate, because this is a time of year when we search our…
The pursuit of justice is one of the most frequently repeated concerns, and not only of the Torah, but of Jewish tradition. Any society, so the teaching, is to pursue justice in dealing with social, political, and international matters. In…
Although the month of Elul–the sixth month of the year, which immediately precedes Rosh HaShana has no special importance in the Bible or in early rabbinical writings various customs arose sometime during the first millennium that designated Elul as the…
Our Torah reading for this week is found in the middle section of Moses’ parting sermons to the Israelites before his death and their entry into Canaan. In the opening readings of the Book of Deuteronomy, Moses has concerned himself…
Tuesday night I was invited as a panel guest speaker at a “Wonderful Women” event, held at Great Park Shul. The objective of the event was to screen the movie “Wonderful Women” and then host a panel discussion regarding the…
Deuteronomy 7.12 – 11.25 Haftarah: Isaiah 49:14-51:3 Parashat Ekev continues the speeches of Moses to the Israelites. He tells them, if they maintain their covenant with God by observing all the commandments, God will make them fruitful and victorious over their…
This past week has been a dark one in Israel. We are all mourning the innocent children murdered in the name of baseless hatred. There is no justification to any murder. It’s a loss of life, doesn’t matter how old…
Comfort. Comfort and There is No Comfort In the course of the last few hours two hate crimes have taken place in Israel, our Jewish Homeland. In the first, a man previously convicted of stabbing participants in a Gay Pride…
by Rabbi Gilad Kariv Rabbi Gilad Kariv is the Executive Director of the Israel Movement for Reform and Progressive Judaism The US Supreme Court decision to compel all 50 states to recognize the right of gay couples to marry was…