We Are Passion & Joy >>
Date: 2013-07-31 | Id: rdw48

If you were part of our community last Yom Kippur, you witnessed something truly amazing: an entire congregation filled with the spirit of God.

Your Opinion Matters >>
Date: 2013-06-18 | Id: rdw49

When the President of the UCLA Health System began his job, his hospital had an 85% approval rating – the highest of any comparable hospital. But his take on that number was that 15% of UCLA patients had a bad experience, and he took no comfort in knowing that other hospitals fared worse. UCLA was, in his words, “the cre

Reform: Past, Present and Future >>
Date: 2013-05-09 | Id: rdw51

What’s the difference between “Reformed” and “Reform”? It’s the difference between past and present – and future.

The Truth Behind “Boycott, Divest, Sanction Israel” >>
Date: 2013-03-28 | Id: rdw50

I had a professor who would shout “Anti-Semite!” at the elevator if the doors closed before he got on. This was at our rabbinic school, no less. His purpose was to remind us that not everything that happens is because we’re Jewish; some things just happen.

Passover – Seriously >>
Date: 2013-02-27 | Id: rdw52

One morning when Pharaoh awoke in his bed
There were frogs on his bed, and frogs on his head.
Frogs on his nose and frogs on his toes –
Frogs here, frogs there, frogs were jumping everywhere.

A Judaic Perspective on Gun Control | Benayim, January 2013 >>
Date: 2013-02-13 | Id: rdw53

When 16 people died this year from meningitis caused by unsanitary conditions at a drug manufacturer, federal agents swooped in to conduct an investigation and to identify the source of the contamination.