Where Do You Belong?
Belonging is something we keep searching for, over and over and over again, our whole lives.
This Week In Wisdom
“Dancing with the Stars”
These stars can’t change other people’s fear or hatred. But they can change us and root us in our own lives, unwilling to disappear.
Mitzvot, Not Memberships
But true spiritual engagement requires a transformation: a deep, shared commitment to living Jewish values and performing mitzvot together.
Parenting the Children We Have
We all have a theory of parenting—and then we have the reality of parenting the children that we actually get.
Choosing Peace After 9-11
Will we allow religion to lead us to violence, or will we allow it to lead us towards kindness and community?
Missing Cries of Shofar
If the shofar is meant to help God choose to have mercy, or help us remember and choose our better selves, how does this season “work” with the missing shofar blows?
9/11/26 and Rosh Hashanah: Days To Remember
Clal Reflects on Rosh Hashanah, the High Holidays, and the 25th Anniversary of September 11, 2001.
Who Pulls the Trigger for Us? Why American Jewry Must Confront the Ethics of Power
It is intolerable that Israeli Judaism must constantly grapple with the agonizing weight of physical force while liberal American Judaism remains comfortably disengaged.
A New-Old Currency For Celebrating Our 250th All Year Long
Imagine if we all simply agreed to start any conversation about America or American Jewish life with an articulation of the things about which we are grateful.