holiness

When I Entered A Holy Covenant: A Dvar Torah on Parshat Shmini (Lev. 9:1-11:47)

Posted on April 14, 2015April 13, 2015 by Sarah Fein

Four years ago this week–at least by reckoning of the Hebrew calendar–my friend proudly displayed to me a cake she had made for a party I was hosting. “Today, you are a man,” it declar... Read More

Holy Day Solidarity

Posted on February 24, 2015February 23, 2015 by Abigail Clauhs

I wasn’t sure I wanted to do anything for Lent. It’s a little bit of an awkward season for Unitarian Universalists, anyway. As I said to my partner, “For Christians, it’s all: ok, let’s be s... Read More

An Audience with Pope Francis—Dispatch from Rome

Posted on February 3, 2015February 2, 2015 by Jenn Lindsay

We were on our way to meet Pope Francis. We—the participants in the 50th anniversary meeting of the Pontifical Institute of Arabic and Islamic Studies—departed together from the Urbaniana campus a... Read More

Towards Acceptance, Holiness and Removing Stumbling Blocks

Posted on April 15, 2013April 15, 2013 by Lauren Tuchman

This week, we are once again reading Parashat Kedoshim (Leviticus 19:1-20:27). Biblical scholars commonly refer to these two chapters of Leviticus as the holiness code due to the numerous interpersona... Read More

What is Holy to Others

Posted on September 28, 2012September 30, 2012 by Mark Randall James

I do not pretend to understand how an asinine video like “The Innocence of Muslims” can drive crowds to violent and even murderous anger. Many commentators insist that the ultimate cause... Read More

Holiness and Removing the Stumbling Block — Parashat Kedoshim

Posted on May 3, 2012May 2, 2012 by Lauren Tuchman

Parashat Kedoshim (Leviticus 19:1-20:27) is read this week as part of the annual Torah reading cycle in the synagogue. As is the case most years, it is read in conjunction with the parsha or Torah por... Read More