15+ hour, 50+ min ago   (207+ words) Rabba Daphne Lazar Price This week's Torah portion is Va'era: Exodus 6:2 " 9:35 Words, and the refusal to heed them, become the battleground. The contemporary resonance is impossible to miss. Whose voices are believed today? Whose experiences are minimized, questioned or dismissed…...

4+ mon, 3+ week ago   (628+ words) The Conservative movement, once the largest denomination in American Jewish life, is in the midst of a long, painful contraction. For decades after World War II, its synagogues were packed, its schools were full, and its rabbis and institutions shaped…...

8+ mon, 3+ week ago   (698+ words) Michael Masters Free speech is a right enshrined in the fabric of our country. Just as we must be vigilant in protecting it, we must also be clear-eyed about what it is and what it is not. Where speech is…...