Looking back, I probably shouldn’t have been surprised that I was the oldest audience member in the Broadway theater last weekend, except for parents with their pre-teens. “Newsies” is, after all, a Disney musical. In our standing room only “seats,” my friend and I were able to dance along to all of the songs we [...]
Yesterday, rabbis from across America came to Washington D.C. to raise their voices in support of comprehensive immigration reform. The rabbis participating in the advocacy day spoke with key legislators about the bipartisan Senate immigration bill introduced last month, expressing their support for the legislation, offering ways to continue to strengthen it and discussing strategies [...]
Congress may be at a standstill when it comes to passing legislation that affects the environment, but that doesn’t mean nothing is happening on climate change. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is getting ready to release new regulations on Tier 3 standards.Essentially, the EPA is considering whether to reduce the amount of sulfur in gasoline, [...]
All eyes are on Grapevine, Texas today as the Boy Scouts of America begins the annual meeting of its National Council. Earlier this year the Boy Scouts of America announced that it would postpone a reconsideration of its policy prohibiting gay scouts and scout leaders until the meeting this week (see the letter that Rabbi [...]
The Agape Health Team has been offering annual temporary medical clinics on the island of La Gonave, Haiti for over 10 years, staffed by a combination of volunteers from the United States and Haiti. Eno Mondesir, Ph.D., a public health official and Protestant minister who was born on the island, founded the team. After the [...]
