I had a meeting with a rabbi today, the head of a spiritual community that has a whole lot of cool funky types who share my general life vibe. But then there’s that Euro-centric orientation that is so entrenched that it is not even recognized. It leaves me feeling alienated. So I contacted the rabbi to talk about my feelings from a personal perspective,...

I spoke with a rabbi today about Jewish multiculturalism, from a personal perspective — ie, me essentially being a homeless Jew, what with my feminist sensibilites and hard-core Middle Eastern Jewish identity and practice. The rabbi made a few comments that I have encountered repeatedly before. I wanted to share my thoughts on one of them: The rabbi...