Category: Challenges
Saving Conservative Judaism: A Response to the Religious Landscape Survey
This essay was inspired by the following article: “Conservative Judaism turns 100 and Works to Reverse its Decline.” Back in 2009, when my fiancé and I were searching for a synagogue to a... Read More
Sikh Prof. Prabhjot Singh Was Not The ‘Victim’ of a Hate Crime
This article originally appeared on Religion Dispatches Recently, my close friend Dr. Prabhjot Singh was assaulted in an apparent hate crime near his home in New York City. Although many headlines pro... Read More
Storytime for Congress
The government shutdown drags on. Watching Congress’ continued “incredible ineptitude,” as the United Methodist Women have called it, with increasing frustration, incredulity, and a sense of pow... Read More
Diana Eck, Paul Raushenbush to Present at State of Formation Workshop
State of Formation Workshop: Writing for the Online Public Sphere November 24, 2013 | 2-5PM | Room: Hyatt Regency- Columbia 300 Light St., Baltimore, MD 21202 Held in conjunction with the annual mee... Read More
On Defending Inherent Differences by Moshe Givental
Managing Director’s Note: all Contributing Scholars begin writing by answering the following question as their first post: Why are you committed to building relationships with those from differe... Read More
On Disability and Brokenness: A Letter to My Fellow Clergy and Clergy in Formation
This may not be an easy discussion, but it is a deeply, deeply necessary one. The subject I wish to broach today is one that is tremendously difficult for me personally, as it is for many people whom ... Read More
A Visit Christian Family Bookstore by Nathan Hershberger
“Full Armor of God. $19.99” This small figurine caught my eye just as I entered the “Family Christian Bookstore.” Happily, it confirmed everything I wanted it to confirm about American eva... Read More
The Mitzvah of Cheshvan
We are in a time of false starts and uncertainty. Just last week in Judaism, we read not only one, but two, creation stories. This week, we will read about God washing out and wiping away nearly all o... Read More