On Wednesday morning, April 2nd, Lauren Simonds, our synagogue administrator, went to Kirkland’s Faith Community Convening on...

In recent months, we’ve seen an undeniable pattern emerge: some of the loudest voices claiming to support Palestinian rights only seem to...

Our minds and spirits can fill up with bad news and the heaviness of this world. One way we can combat despair and embrace hope is...

The Bibas babies died. And were returned home this week. Their bodies made it home, their souls are wrapped up in the everlasting spirit...

From the desk of Rabbi Kinberg I do not want to discuss stressful topics at Shabbat services, especially Friday night. Unless it is a...

MLK Day reflection by R' Kinberg

Shabbat Shalom! Hanukkah is afoot.

From the Rabbi

This isn't just my proclamation about human nature; it's God's voice in our parashah this week. Both stories found in Parashat Noach,...

We are not confined to a predestined reality. The world was not created so that it could be destroyed. We are not born sinful. None of that

I wish my daily life as a congregational rabbi were filled with study, learning, and teaching. This is what rabbis did historically. But...

Time to stop digging our graves When the path forward seems impossible, and there is no option to turn back…it is the job of the adults...

It is hard to be a Jew right now. Everywhere I look, negativity is thrown our way. And our history is being revised by outside forces....

Who is honored? Pirkei Avot/Ethics of the Ancestors, which we teach at this season traditionally, teaches “Who is honored? The one who...

Happy Passover! May your meal and storytelling inspire you to use your energy to make our world a better place: A meal with a purpose....

Of course you do! We all live in a non-Jewish majority nation. Most everyone I interact with when I leave the door of my home is not...

I am beyond upset. I am devestated. I am Israeli. I love Israel. I also love Palestinians and have long believed that both peoples...

All over the world, when the moon is full in the month of Adar, Jews celebrate the holiday of Purim. It is a remembrance and celebration...

Pacific Northwest Zionism: Healing Through Connection to the Land. I grew up in the Willamette Valley of Oregon, the indigenous homeland...

I am not teaching in this course but I am involved in organizing and designing this course as a leader of the Washington Coalition of...