Leon Morris

Christmas belongs to Christians

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Scott Korb & Rabbi Leon A Morris The Baltimore Sun It’s been nearly 30 years since author Anne Rolphe reflected on her family’s Christmas tree in The New York Times with the essay “Christmas Comes to a Jewish Home.” Rolphe’s December 1978 essay elicited a strong reaction from many Jews who rightfully objected to the ways … Read more

Reform Judaism

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Rabbi Leon A. Morris, Sh’ma Journal  At the time of publication the writer was a fourth year rabbinical student at Hebrew Union College Reform Judaism will grow and thrive not by thoughtlessly seeking out a perceived “center”, but by recapturing the sense of dialectic that Judaism has always treasured and Reform has all but lost. … Read more