Today’s Life
The rabbi replies: Fred Greene
Steve MarkJun 30, 2022
The Rabbi Replies speaks with Rabbi Fred Greene of Har HaShem in Boulder. “A huge part of Jewish life is to be concerned about our community and our world. It’s not...
The rabbi replies: Rabbi Yaakov Chaitovsky
Steve MarkJun 23, 2022
BMH-BJ’s rabbi, Yaakov Chaitovsky, represents a life of paradoxes, and he seems to consider himself the better for it.
The rabbi replies: Rabbi Boaz Heilman
Steve MarkJun 16, 2022
The Rabbi Replies speaks with Rabbi Boaz Heilman of B'nai Torah in Westminster. “I try to understand what the composer is saying. And with Bach it’s the entire world...
The rabbi replies: Rabbi Emily Hyatt
Steve MarkJun 09, 2022
The Rabbi Replies speaks with Rabbi Emily Hyatt of Temple Emanuel (Denver). “I love teaching and being able to take something that may or may not feel relatable to...
The rabbi replies: Rabbi Yisroel Engel, Bais Menachem
Steve MarkJun 02, 2022
The Rabbi Replies speaks with Rabbi Yisroel Engel of Bais Menachem. “On many levels, people need to be understood. People need to be validated. Our goal is to instill...
The rabbi replies: Richard Rheins, Temple Sinai
Steve MarkMay 26, 2022
The Rabbi Replies speaks with Rabbi Rick Rheins of Temple Sinai. “People need to be face to face. They need to press the flesh. So for the last two years we’ve...
The rabbi replies: Menachem Siderson, Aish of the Rockies
Steve MarkMay 19, 2022
The Rabbi Replies speaks with Rabbi Menachem Siderson of Aish of the Rockies. “I had the blessing of coming to a community that knew me, that I was familiar with, in a...
Mikvehs to be built in name of Meron victim
Special to the IJNMay 19, 2022
A diverse group of Jews who come together to build two mikvehs in memory of Yossi Kohn in Boise, Idaho, and Jackson Hole, Wyo.
Retrospective: Freedom Rider recalls his activism
Chris LeppekApr 28, 2022
A Freedom Rider and civil rights activist, Rabbi Allen Secher marched and prayed with Rev. Martin Luther King.
The Bat Mitzvah — 100 years after the first one
Jackie Hajdenberg, JTAMar 24, 2022
Temple Emanuel is one of more than 100 synagogues honoring the milestone in expanding roles for women in synagogue: the 1922 Bat Mitzvah of Judith Kaplan Eisenstein, the...