I get a gnawing sense that when I talk about God, my secular Jewish friends hear, “la la la la la la la la”. When I read atheist blogs, or comments on religious Facebook posts, I see this wild disconnect between what people of faith mean by God, and what atheist think we mean about [...]
We get asked all the time about conversion to Judaism. Here’s our FAQ. Hopefully it will answer your questions. How do I convert to Judaism online? We highly recommend our friends at Convert To Judaism Online supervised by Chicago Conversion Beit Din, headed by Rabbi Shlomo Levine (past president of the Chicago Board of rabbis and Rabbinical [...]
My girlfriend and I just moved to Toco Hills, the Orthodox neighborhood in Atlanta, to start a OneShul pilot project called OneShul Atlanta. OneShul Atlanta is a home-based community where Jews of all ages and backgrounds can come together to experience meaningful connections to God, Judaism, Jewish culture and to each other. OneShul Atlanta offers [...]
This week’s Torah portion is a double portion and continuing in the format used for other double portions the Dvar for this week will follow the split 7 inch record format where each chapter gets its own track. So here you have it folks Circle Pit The Bimah Split EP Vol. 3. Parsha Acharei Mot [...]
Many of my friends struggle with this week’s Torah portion because of one line: And a man who lies with a male as one would with a woman both of them have committed an abomination; they shall surely be put to death; their blood is upon themselves (Lev. 20:13). It’s interesting to note that none [...]
