Here, you’ll find thoughts as they come, as they originate from my daily life, or my current inner conversations. They represent my own views, and not the view of my synagogue, or my movement.
The Name That Emerged from Crisis The term "Judaism" itself was born from crisis. In biblical times, there was no such term. People identified as am Yisrael (the people of Israel), bnei Yisrael (children of Israel), or Yehudim for the inhabitants...
Rabbi Gilad Kariv is well known in the Progressive Rabbinic world (7th from the right). He is a lawyer, was ordained at the Hebrew Union College in Jerusalem, and he was the former CEO of the Israeli Movement for Reform and Progressive Judaism. UK...