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When a rabbinical student says Kaddish for his non-Jewish parents…

Posted on September 11, 2015September 11, 2015 by David Joslin

Having grown up in the Catholic faith, death, dying, and mourning were always such surreal experiences. Although one begs to ask, what isn’t surreal about the entire process for anyone? It always fe... Read More

More Than Just the Baby in the Manger

Posted on December 17, 2014December 16, 2014 by Abigail Clauhs

Sometimes the timing of things does make me believe in alignments of stars or planets or fate, in a terrible kind of way. I wake up this morning to the news of the attack on the Peshawar school in Pak... Read More

After Newtown, a Divine Name for Right Now

Posted on December 20, 2012December 20, 2012 by Michael Ramberg

The tragic events of last week occurred while Jews were reading a section of the story of Joseph and his brothers which is bursting with bereavement. As I read it through the lens of midrash, this anc... Read More