Tags: #Mennonite #Judaism #Interfaith #Mazeldon AMBS.edu: AMBS hosts Jewish-Mennonite symposium on reading the Bible after the Holocaust I am incredibly pleased to hear about this symposium at one of my alma maters, Anabaptist Mennonite Biblical Seminary. I hope down the road AMBS publishes some of the papers and/or presentations from […]
Humanistic Judaism , Judaism , Personal Memories , Personal Updates
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A big day for my family – May 21, 2023
Tags: #Mazeldon I’ll post more about it another time (it is kinda personal) but for my own recollection. May 21, 2023 was a very, very good day, worthy of a humanistic shehechyahu (courtesy of Machar and Ritualwell): Let us bless the goodness which we have encountered in the world, which […]
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A presentation: Comparing the Anabaptist and Jewish traditions
Video: Two Traditions that I love: Comparing Anabaptism and Judaism The following is the text of a talk I gave at Joy Mennonite Church in Oklahoma City on April 23, 2023. I am very thankful that this church (where I once ministered) was willing to let me come back and […]
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Judaism and Vasectomies
This was originally posted on Facebook. Kveller.com: I’m a rabbi who had a vasectomy even though Judaism prohibits it. A very thoughtful piece but the headline is misleading. #Judaism doesn’t bar vasectomies, but rather #halakha does. Most Jews today (but especially those in the Reform, Reconstructionist, and Humanistic movements) do not […]
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This month in Humanistic Judaism – August 2022
This was originally posted on Facebook. This Month in Humanistic Judaism – August 2022 Here’s the August edition of This Month in Humanistic Judaism, our new monthly bulletin from the Society for Humanistic Judaism that shares many of the events happening across our movement, as well as other content from our blog […]