Yoga Service – is it a real service?
This coming Shabbat Karen and I will be leading another exciting service outside – our monthly Yoga Service. There are some people who asked me: “Rabbi, but is it a…
Rabbi Adrian Michael Schell
Proudly Jewish - Proudly Progressive
Rabbi Adrian Michael Schell
Proudly Jewish - Proudly Progressive
Parashat Ki Tissa: Do you believe in God?
‘I hear that nowadays Rabbis don’t have to believe in God – Rabbi, do you believe in God?’ I have heard this or questions alike many times in my carrier…
Parashat Tetzaveh: “Clothes make the man”
Parashat Tetzaveh continues with the theme that defines most of the rest of the Book of Exodus: the construction and institution of the Mishkan, the tabernacle. This week’s reading specifically…
COULD A “PROGRESSIVE JEW” BECOME THE MOST POWERFUL PERSON IN THE WORLD – BEFORE THE END OF THIS YEAR?
It has been a tough past week, as once again we (Progressive Jews) have been at it again with our so called “orthodox” counterparts in South Africa, see this week’s…
Our responses to the article in the Jewish Report
Please click on the thumbnails below to read our Rabbis’ responses to the latest articles in the Jewish Report, defaming Progressive Jews. Letter from Rabbi Margolis to the JR…
Reform Jews are not the problem
Just a week ago I wrote to you about the horrible remarks from deputy Minister of Education Porush, about Women of the Wall. This week I received an article from…
Parashat Terumah: “If you bring Me gifts, I will dwell among you”
Imagine the scene. Moses calls to the entire Israelite community, not long after leaving Egypt and receiving the Torah at Mount Sinai, to offer gifts for the construction of God’s…
Parashat Mishpatim and the two men in one boat
The story is told of 2 men in a boat when one suddenly decides to start drilling a hole underneath his seat, the other man protests – “what are you…
Wow! What a week it has been.
You may know by now about my great excitement, and our celebration with the “Women of the Wall at their victory” this past Sunday, Rabbi Denise Eger, the current president…
Parashat Yitro: Progressive Jews are not second class Jews
As Moses is about to climb Mount Sinai to receive the Ten Commandments, the Israelites gather at the base of the mountain, and affirm their commitment to fulfilling God’s commandments.…