Limmud Rabbi Smackdown – Video Update
Yes, a Limmud participant recorded video of the “Bound Together” session, featuring Rabbis Goldfeder, Soloway and Rose. Enjoy! Read More >>
Contrarian Rabbinic and Hassidic Teachings on Sin
It may come as a surprise to students of Judaism that Classical and Hassidic rabbis held a more nuanced and complex attitude towards sin than evinced in Biblical literature… Read More >>
4 Questions for Rabbi Miller, Kabbalah of Prayer
A BJN 4 Questions Interview (with a bonus question) for Rabbi Chaim Miller, guest this Shabbat at Chabad of NW Metro Denver. Read More >>
Tikkun Olam: From Babylonia to Boulder
Rabbi Goldman devotes his first BJN post to discussing classical vs. contemporary examples of Tikkun Olam, and explores how the one underpins the other. Read More >>
A Third Rabbi Walks Into the Bar…
Rabbi Rose, of Har HaShem, responds to Rabbi Goldfeder and Soloway on distinctions. Read More >>
Mob Rule in Beit Shemesh
Rabbi Benjy Brackman joins a long list of rabbis from almost every stream of Judaism in condemning the behavior of the small group of fanatical Jews in Beit Shemesh. Read More >>
So the Monkey Says: See You Monday Night
Follow-up to Rabbi Goldfeder’s post earlier this week — a dialog between Rabbi Goldfeder and Rabbi Seidenberg next Monday night. Read More >>
A Rabbi and Another Rabbi Walk into a Bar…
Rabbi Soloway responds passionately to Rabbi Goldfeder’s article on distinctions and unity. Read More >>
A Rabbi and a Monkey Walk Into a Bar…
When we confuse co-existence with sameness, then trouble starts to brew. Read More >>
The Tim Tebow and Matisyahu Phenomena
What does Tebow-mania have in common with Matisyahu? Rabbi Benjy Brackman explains. Read More >>
Missing the Boat on Bat Mitzvah
Rabbi Gavriel Goldfeder shares perspective on the age of becoming bat mitzvah. Read More >>
Turkey Talk
Rabbi Marc says, “As delicious as that turkey dinner is on Thanksgiving, it is an increasingly ironic way to celebrate freedom and gratitude.” Read why. Read More >>
The Calm Before the Storm
We stand on the eve of the biggest Israeli civil demonstration ever, culminating seven weeks of protests and demands for social revolution and the restoration of a social government in Israel. Read More >>
My Life as a Teacher
Congratulations to Morah Yehudis Fishman, recently published in NewCAJE’s inaugural online Jewish Educator (Summer 2010/5770). Read More >>
Monday Night Marks Tisha B’Av
Tisha B’Av, the ninth of Av, recalls the destruction of the First & Second Temples, and the loss of Jewish independence in ancient Israel as well as numerous other tragic historic events. Read More >>
Boulder Judaism and Vague Liberalism
Live! Five Boulder rabbis take up the question of balancing liberalism with denominations. Read More >>
Boulder’s Rabbis Stand with Boulder High
Rabbi Marc Soloway attended the rally at Boulder High on Friday morning. Here is his report, along with a statement from Haver. Read More >>
A Very Different Night
Rabbi Marc relates a very different second night seder – juicy, ritual reenactment of our journey to freedom. Read More >>
Boulder Rabbi Releases New Book: Hot Off the Presses
Rabbi Gavriel Goldfeder has just published his first book – ‘The 50th Gate: Becoming a Better Human Through the Counting of the Omer’. Read More >>
A Prayer for the People of Haiti
Rabbi Marc Soloway shares “A Prayer for the People of Haiti” by his colleague Rabbi Naomi Levy. Read More >>
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