Category: Featured
How I Got Here: A Story of Food, Religious Pluralism, and Leadership Reflection in Community
The Boston Bridges Fellowship program at Hebrew College is an opportunity for religious and philosophical leaders from the Greater Boston area to gather once a month for leadership development present... Read More
The Discipline of Reconciliation: Part 2 of 5
The Spirit of Retaliation: The Troubles Abroad His was the sort of gaze that you could not forget, if you paused long enough to notice. Our task for the weekend was quite clear. Working with a group o... Read More
Love, Fear, and Technology
Throughout time, we have seen the unfortunate consequences of unchecked human creations. Originally invented to simplify transactions between people, money is now the driving force of human inequality... Read More
Speaking Out and Safety
Recently, I was invited to lead a workshop on using technology as a tool for interfaith dialogue and action at the John Paul II Center for Interreligious Dialogue’s 10th Anniversary Commemoration Co... Read More
The Real Jewish “Intermarriage Problem”
Every few years, a new survey about Jewish Intermarriage rates leads to hand wringing in the Jewish press. Low Marriage Rates and Intermarriage Threaten Future of U.S. Jewry! Yet, despite panic-induci... Read More
Implicit Bias: A Biological Obstacle in Interreligious Engagement (Part I of II)
A recently published book by renowned social psychologists Dr. Mahzrani R. Banaji from Harvard University and Dr. Anthony G. Greenwald from the University of Washington, Blindspots: The Hidden Intenti... Read More
A Community of Communities
One of the first things that I looked for when I arrived at Boston University was a religious community. I believed that finding such a group would serve as a great way to meet other students and ease... Read More
Plant-based Is the New Kosher/Halal
“Vegans = white, privileged, atheist, teeva-wearing, hippie minority passing fad”? I am a meat-cheese-eggs-seafood-honey-leather-gummicandy-loving vegan woman of color, of faith, and for faith. I ... Read More