Current Matters and Communal Affairs

Speech at the Jewish Theological Seminary’s Commencement and Ordination Ceremony (English, May 2023)

Speech at the Jewish Theological Seminary’s Commencement and Ordination Ceremony (Hebrew, May 2023)

To the Leaders of American Jewry at the General Assembly (April 2023)

After Hawarra (March 2023)

Are American Rabbis Giving in to Assimilation? (February 2023)

God Save Israel, I Don’t Know Who Else Can (February 2023)

Visit to Israel (January 2023)

Israel-Palestine Confederation: A Response to Eric Yoffe (June 2022)

A Call for a Renewed Havurah (2015)

A Response to Steven Kepnes (Oct 2014)

Sukkot 5775 (Fall 2014)

Yom Kippur 5775: A Kol Nidre Sermon at the Newton Centre Minyan (Fall 2014)

Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi, A Memorial Address (Summer 2014)

From Pew Will Come Forth Torah (October 2013)

Kabbala for the Masses, or Money for Magic? (September 2013)

Rabbinic Training and Transdenominationalism: Some Personal Perspectives (2009)

National Repentance (Jan/Feb 2009)

A Lover’s Lament (May/June 2008)

Contribution to J. Salkin, A Dream of Zion, Woodstock, VT: Jewish Lights Publishing, 2007. 

A Stronger Moral Force (May 2002)

Toward a Universalist Mode of Discourse (2001)

Mumar la-Hofesh: Interview with Professor Arthur Green, by Ohad Ezhahi (Hebrew, 1999)

A Conversation with Arthur Green (Interview by William Novak, Spring 1995)

“Spiritual” DJF Seeks Something Judaism Must Learn to Provide (June 1992)

Problem of Money Gets in the Way of Those Lofty Rabbinic Issues (February 1992)

Let Our Zionism Remain Free of Racism (December 1991)

Demographic Clock Keeps Ticking for One Jewish Family in U.S. (November 1991)

Death of Communism Recalls an Idealistic Dream that Went Awry (September 1991)

New Age of Judaism, Marked by Freedom, Poses New Challenges (July 1991)

A Modest Approach to Intermarriage (May 1991)

Jews Heading “Home” Seek Real Welcome from the Community (January 1991)

Where We Stand: Contemporary Reconstructionism in Theory and Practice (Fall 1990)

Universal Values Find Place in Judaism that Challenges Kahanism (November 1990)

Welcoming Guests: Have We Jews Lost that Ancient Skill? (October 1990)

Ties with Moslems Need Work (August 1990)

It Is Not Yet the Time to Compose a Liturgy to Mark Holocaust (April 1990)

Jews “Coming Home” to Their Religion from Different Directions (February 1990) 

Change Is Real, But Problems Linger (December 1989)

On Being a Jewish Leader (December 1989)

To Appreciate Riches of Jewish Cultural Life, Hebrew Is Necessary (November 1989)

Dalai Lama Meets Jew From 4 Major Branches (by Ari Goldman, September 1989)

No “Mazel Tovs” Here: Ruling Would Produce “Shunned” Offspring (July 1989)

L’Affaire Rushdie: A View from Judaism (March 1989)

Helping a Beloved Brother in Difficulty to Help Himself (March 1989)

Shared Homelessness (Spring 1988)

Jewish Unity Requires that We Learn More About One Another (January 1989)

Intensity of Feeling About “Who’s a Jew” Is Exciting Surprise (December 1988)

We Must Make Room for One Another in the World of Judaism (August 1988)

Bar/Bat Mitzvah Can Be More than a Reason for a Party (March 1987)

Reconstructionists and Jewish Unity (September 1987)

Authority and Autonomy in Rabbinic Education Today (1987)

Inaugural Address as President of the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College (1987)

A Contemporary Jewish Approach to Sexuality (1977)

Women and Change in Jewish Law: Response to Mortimer Ostow (1975)

A Morsel of Fur-Fetched Halachic Pilpul for Purim People (1975)

Symposium: The Word Inspires Us: Interreligious Dialogue (1974)

Creating a Jewish Library (1973)

Some Liturgical Notes from Havurat Shalom (1972)

Havurat Shalom: A Proposal (1972)

Contribution to the Response Symposium (1970/1971)

Who Are Those Reconstructionists?

All Our Young People, Overachievers or Not, Deserve Our Praise