Category: Congregation
Meaning Making: Finding Meaning Within Judaism
Judaism places a very high value on the act of sanctifying time. We sanctify time through the observance of the Shabbat (Sabbath) which lasts from Friday evening eighteen minutes before sundown until ... Read More
Internal Diversity & Intra-Faith Conversations
Did you hear the one about the Orthodox Jewish men who curse and spit on elementary school kids as they walk to school? Waiting for the punchline? Sorry, there isn’t one.... Read More
Ilan Glazer’s Semicha Drash – ALEPH Rabbinic Ordination January 8, 2012
My name is אילן דוד בן הרב משה יעקב ודריישע פרומה ז”ל. Today, by the grace of God and the ALEPH Va’ad, I become a Rabbi. I’m humbled and honored to reach thi... Read More
Praying at the Wishing Wall of Jerusalem
The first thing I noticed about the Western Wall is that everybody was crying. I had been lost in the Jewish Quarter of Jerusalem’s Old City, and when I rounded the gate above the Wall (the Kotel) t... Read More
Being the Change You Wish to See in the Middle East
Today is the first full day in Israel. Jet lag woke me up at 5:45am and I grew restless waiting out the dawn in my twin bed, so I pulled on running shoes and trotted out into the indigo chill. The Sea... Read More
The Post-Evangelicals, Part II
In my last post, I characterized post-evangelicals as those whose evangelical heritage has become questionable and problematic. In this post, I discuss some of the particular questions we post-evange... Read More
Anyone Can Edit: What Faith Communities Can Learn From Wikipedia
On January 15, 2001, Jimmy Wales and Larry Sanger launched the free, web-based encyclopedia known as Wikipedia. Wikipedia is collaborative and open-source, meaning that anyone can add and edit materia... Read More
Seeking Freedom Behind the Partition
I arrived at Gate 6 in Terminal 3 at JFK an hour before departure to Tel Aviv. It was technically yesterday, but due to the flight and the travel I’ve only scraped together some shallow dozes, and t... Read More