A minyan is traditionally defined as ten Jewish men but by Progressive Jews as ten self-identified and committed Jews of any gender; any way you define it, what it means is that we need critical mass. What is critical mass? it’s the number you need to get the job done. In order to evoke holiness inContinue reading “Parashat Ekev: showing up is safer than hiding”
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discrimination is so last century
The news that Rev Louie Giglio has withdrawn from the Inauguration because of an inauspicious sermon is both too bad and an encouraging sign. It’s too bad because the Jewish tradition I follow suggests that he should have been given room to atone for words spoken many years ago, and not judged on a positionContinue reading “discrimination is so last century”
Torah for the 21st Century by Rabbi Ariel Stone 