August 17, 2022 — "We break open / To all that we will encounter"

June 10, 2022 — Which narratives, attitudes, beliefs and behaviors cultivate well-being, and which reinforce systems of persistent and terrible harm?

May 8, 2025 — For many people, the liturgy seems disconnected from their concerns, hopes, dreams and challenges.

November 22, 2024

December 3, 2023 — What did it mean to wrestle with God so that the two brothers could kiss and live in peace?

June 10, 2022 — The #MeToo movement focuses primarily on white cisgender women, ignoring victims who are of color, trans, non-binary and cisgender men. The systemic problem of men's sense of entitlement must be addressed by values-based, comprehensive sex education.

June 10, 2022 — In this speech from the 2017 RRA convention, Rabbi Michael Strassfeld reflects on redemption, responsibility and embodying Torah as Jewish leaders and community members.

July 27, 2022 — Synagogues are in trouble. I suggest that we revisit Kaplan’s notion of the synagogue-center.