Category: Featured
The Ethics of Class and Race in Leadership for a Pluralistic Society
It is June, 2016, and the U.S. has two presumptive nominees for President of the U.S., former U.S. Senator and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and real estate mogul and reality television star Dona... Read More
The Criminal Christ: Finding Jesus Amidst a War on Drugs
This post originally appeared on the Clergy for a New Drug Policy blog. “My son was about two years old. I had taken him to the park to play… Two little boys, one blond-haired, the other red-hea... Read More
(-ish)(-less)(-ness)(-loathing): The Self/Soul and The Insidiousness of Mass Violence
I remember, over a decade ago, the first time I encountered the Wiccan Rede. Eight words the Wiccan Rede fulfill, An it harm none do what ye will I thought that made sense; felt, somehow, that for all... Read More
Planting Figs; Crossing Borders
Recently, I came across this poem by Naomi Shihab Nye, a Palestinian American poet. It’s a poem about her father, a Palestinian who lost his home in Jerusalem in the war of 1948 and came to the Unit... Read More
Stop Sympathizing and Start Supporting: A Close Look at What Moves us to Advocacy, Part 2
If you read Part 1 of this article, you have become acquainted with the members of the Rural Women’s Movement, many of them unmarried mothers who participate in my research project on the strugg... Read More
Parashat Emor: On Bodies, Leadership, and the Public Sphere
Parashat Emor opens with a description of right priestly conduct. In Leviticus 21:17-23, we find a lengthy list of those Kohenim who have a mum—often translated as blemish which disqualifies them fr... Read More
Traversing Tradition(s) – Diversity in American Judaism
We, American Jews, have a problem. We are often unwilling or unable to see the tremendous diversity of our own community. The truth is: Jews come in all shapes, sizes and colors. There are Jews of eve... Read More
Seeking Diverse Voices in Interfaith Studies
There are incredibly exciting strides being made in the field of Interfaith Studies. We are seeing more and more campuses engaging with interfaith ideas and learning outcomes in the classroom, in addi... Read More