Special lecture on April 17 at UAlberta: Jews, ethical omnivores, vegans and other curious animals
(April 2019) – Dr. Aaron Gross, an historian of religions at the University of San Diego will be presenting a special lecture at the University…
Religion
B’nei Israel in the Anthorpocene, or getting ready for Pesach 5779
by Rabbi Gila Caine (April 2019) – It’s always about names and the stories hidden in them, names and stories telling us who we are…
Passover’s message about celebrating interfaith families
by Edmund Case NEWTONVILLE, Mass. (JTA) – The enduring lesson of Passover is the obligation that appears 36 times in the Torah, more than any…
The Passover Haggadah story, now in graphic novel form
by Matt Robinson (JTA) — At Passover each year we are reminded that even though the original story is generations old, we are supposed to…
Liberal Orthodox yeshiva says it will not ordain gay student
by Shira Hanau (New York Jewish Week via JTA) — Signaling a red line on how far Modern Orthodoxy is prepared to bend to adjust to…