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Respect, inclusion and tolerance at the Western Wall
\’There are no villains in this story.” Those were the calming words of Natan Sharansky, renowned human rights champion and Chairman of the Jewish Agency for Israel.
Weeklong event explores Judaism and wellness
When Rabbi Laura Geller learned that her father had Alzheimer’s disease, she struggled with the news. He was only in his 70s, after all, and it was painful for her to watch the man who had raised her — who she said had been “important and powerful and wonderful” in her life — lose his ability to perform daily tasks.
Rabbis for Obama seen as a first in American politics; Michelle Obama’s rabbi cousin signs up
The grass-roots organization was formed when two Chicago-area rabbis came to the Democratic candidate\’s campaign wanting to help counter rumors that they feel have been spread about the senator
The Torah of Our Lives
In Leviticus, male sexual relations are considered an abomination,punishable by death. \”A man shall not be with another man as if with a woman. It is an abomination,\” reads one passage. But, as with all things biblical and Jewish, the Torah passages are open to interpretation. And interpret they did last week at University Synagogue at a panel discussion on Orthodox, Conservative, Reform and Reconstructionist views on homosexuality and bisexuality.