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Saint Cloud, MN, USA / KNSI May 12, 2021 | 6:04 PM Rev. Dr. Alfred Babington-Johnson speaks at a press conference urging legislative law enforcement reform with Gov. Tim Walz, Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan and more on May 12, 2021. (KNSI) – Several state legislators and faith leaders joined Governor Tim Walz and Lieutenant Governor Peggy Flanagan on Wednesday to call for legislative action on law enforcement reform. “Yes, we’re asking to move legislation in the legislature, but I want to be very clear: that alone will not fix all of this, but it will start moving things forward,” Walz said....

This week, Rabbanit Shira Marili Mirvis made history as the first-ever Israeli woman appointed to be the sole rabbinic leader of an Orthodox synagogue.

Thanks for the Memories and Melodies, Jay This week, Beth Jacob Congregation in Beverly Hills announced that Jay Braun was stepping aside after 50 years as the synagogue’s official Torah reader to make room for the next generation of Torah readers. Jay Braun. Credit: David Hanks, Jet Propulsion Laboratory When Steven Spielberg recited the blessings over the Torah at his son Theo’s bar mitzvah, there was no need for the movie producer to audition a Baal Koreh (Torah reader) to perform the task flawlessly. Next to him stood Jay Braun, perhaps the most accomplished and talented Torah reader...

Rabbi David Steinhardt of Boca Raton, Fla., confessed that he had never dealt with anything remotely comparable: in the last four months, five congregants or their close relatives have died by suicide. All were single men aged 20 to 60. In contrast, during his nearly 38 years in the rabbinate, Steinhardt – spiritual leader of the 1,200-unit B’nai Torah Congregation in Boca Raton, Fla. – said he had dealt with a total of four suicides. Convinced that these latest suicides were related to COVID-19, he decided to organize programs by mental health professionals and to address the mental he...

Majesty and humility. These two words have been swirling through my mind. After consulting with health experts who confirmed my role as a community educator, I received the first dose of the Pfizer vaccine at the Moscone Center in San Francisco on March 10. The experience was breathtaking. Standing in an incredibly-well organized series of lines, having my appointment registered through a QR code, and watching the dozens of volunteers and healthcare workers vaccinate hundreds of humans within the span of one hour that I was there; it was the first time in my life that I felt as though I was t...