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Synagogues are in trouble. I suggest that we revisit Kaplan’s notion of the synagogue-center.

Restorative Justice (RJ) is invested in long-term classroom culture-building. The work starts long before an offense.

Learning from others who are not like us is a blessing and one of the most tangible ways to make progress.

Evolve continues to publish essays discussing the practice of brit milah (ritual circumcision. They are gathered here.

It is time to welcome with open arms Jews who think differently about circumcision.

We no longer believe in a personal, supernatural God with whom we can enter into a covenant.

The progressive rabbinate will have to contend with the ritual for what it is: the foundational act of Jewish patriarchy marked by a blood sacrifice performed on a child.