Jeffrey Salkin
Rabbi Jeffrey K. Salkin is an activist for Jewish ideas. A columnist, popular lecturer, and thought leader in the American rabbinate, he is the author of numerous books on Jewish spirituality and ethics. His new book on the future of liberal Judaism in America will be published in early 2024. His accompanying podcast, Martini Judaism, is available on Google, Apple and other sites.
All Stories by Jeffrey Salkin
For our own sake, no one should ‘die like a dog’
By Jeffrey Salkin — October 28, 2019
(RNS) — How we deal with his death, and the postures that we bring to that death, shape the fate of our civilization and make it worthy of defense against the likes of ISIS.
Why did Robert Bowers attack Tree of Life synagogue?
By Jeffrey Salkin — October 23, 2019
(RNS) — Jews' pesky determination to bring an ethical, spiritual vision to the world has made us a target since ancient times.
On Sukkot, think of the Kurds
By Jeffrey Salkin — October 17, 2019
(RNS) — While, as Tom Petty sang, we don’t have to live like refugees, we do have to remember what it means to live like a refugee.
Your rabbi has sinned
By Jeffrey Salkin — October 6, 2019
Religious professionals screw up in all sorts of ways. Forgive them.
American Jewry’s very bad, terrible year
By Jeffrey Salkin — October 2, 2019
It's not about how they hate us. It's about how God loves us. That is the lesson for Jews on Rosh Ha Shanah.
The religious vision of the Grateful Dead’s Robert Hunter
By Jeffrey Salkin — September 26, 2019
(RNS) — Note to Deadheads: There is a hidden link between Robert Hunter and Rosh Hashana.
Academic antisemitism returns
By Jeffrey Salkin — September 20, 2019
Has Judaism become not cool for school?
9/11, my eternal classroom
By Jeffrey Salkin — September 11, 2019
The young women at Starbucks. The woman with the dusty windows....the stories that are part of my own personal Torah scroll.
Bibi is wrong about HBO’s ‘Our Boys’
By Jeffrey Salkin — September 5, 2019
Bibi got it wrong. "Our Boys" shows Israel in all its rich complexity.
American Jews are loyal to the vision of America
By Jeffrey Salkin — August 23, 2019
Politically speaking, this has been the most dangerous week in American Jewish history.
Israel’s ‘PR Masada’ over Omar and Tlaib violates Zionism
By Jeffrey Salkin — August 17, 2019
(RNS) — We did not create Israel so that she could resemble a ghetto — physically, mentally and politically.
What was the legacy of Woodstock?
By Jeffrey Salkin — August 15, 2019
We thought that we had entered a new age. We were wrong -- but the music is still great.
America needs a holiday of self-reflection
By Jeffrey Salkin — August 7, 2019
Americans can learn from the Jews: turn inward, and ask hard questions.
How American Jews became camp-passionate
By Jeffrey Salkin — July 31, 2019
Under the trees and by the lake, we were creating a new American Judaism. Who knew?
How some Jews are deluding themselves about Trump and the “squad”
By Jeffrey Salkin — July 23, 2019
American Jews — let’s not get played. By anyone.
