Of Lazy Bloggers And Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg

Julie Wiener — Tue, 05 Oct 2010 18:35:58 +0000

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Mea culpa, al chet and all that. Among my other shortcomings, I’ve been one lame blogger lately, posting nary a word for a whole week.

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Are More Rabbis Saying ‘I Do’ To Interfaith Weddings?

James Besser — Wed, 29 Sep 2010 14:17:52 +0000

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Eight years ago, like all Reform rabbinical students about to be ordained, Rachel Goldenberg had to make a decision. Would she officiate at interfaith weddings or not?

Along with many of her classmates at Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion, Goldenberg opted against performing such ceremonies, reasoning that the ritual made sense only when joining two Jews.

But a few months ago, Rabbi Goldenberg, the spiritual leader of Congregation Beth Shalom Rodfe Zedek in Chester, Conn., changed her mind.

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