Twisted Morality

July 30, 2009

Congregants be on alert: If you come to me with a money-laundering scheme or plans to sell organs on the black market, I have a legal responsibility and moral imperative to contact the authorities. If I learn that a congregant is allegedly suffering from Munchausen Syndrome and is systematically starving her child, I have a legal responsibility and moral imperative to contact the authorities.

If only my respective rabbinic colleagues felt the same way. Read the rest of this entry »


Abolish Tisha B’Av?

July 23, 2009

On Thursday evening, July 30, we are going to engage in a counter-intuitive commemoration: the observance of Tisha B’Av.

“Tisha B’What?” you may ask.

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A Sacred Addition

July 10, 2009

The structure located at 4901 N. Pennsylvania Ave. is much more than a temple. It is a campus. On Thursday, July 9 we broke ground for a sacred addition: A Holocaust Memorial. Read the rest of this entry »