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Rabbi Zemel's Vine Columns and Articles
- Reflections from Israel: It's All Personal (March-April 2013)
- New Year is Time for Reflection and Resolution (November-December 2012)
- Considering the Jewish Questions of the Future (September-October 2012)
- My Dream for a Synagogue 3000 (May-June-July 2012)
- Reclaiming Zionism (March-April 2012)
- URJ Biennial Raise Complex Questions, Challenges (January-February 2012)
- As Winter Descends, Thankfulness Arises (November-December 2011)
- At the High Holidays, Consider What Is the Soul of My Jewish Personhood (September-October 2011)
- Jewish Tradition Reveres Its Teachers (June-July-August 2011)
- God's Presence Is in the Still Small Voice of Faith (April-May 2011)
- To Attain Peoplehood, We Must Recall the Past While Plotting the Future (February 2011)
- Sacred Community Offers An Antidote to Alienation (June/July/August 2010)
- We Must Learn How To Answer Shabbat's Call (March/April 2010)
- Something to Reach for: A God that is Far Beyond And Difficult to Grasp (December 2009/January 2010)
- It's a Wonderful Temple! Making Micah into a Jewish Bedford Falls (October 2009)
- It's No Costco: Fee-for-Service Model Not Fitting for Temple? (August-September 2009)
- What Role Does Torah Play in Your Life? (June 2009)
- Preparing for a World In Which Differences Are Less, Well, Different (March-April 2009)
- During Hard Economic Times, "Choose Life" by Helping Others (December 2008)
- Holidays Bring Reminder That Change is Achievable (October 2008)
- Difficult Changes Offer Chance for Community To Plot Spiritual Journey (May 2008)
- A "Night of Watching": This Passover, Recommit To Freedom in Darfur (April 2008)
- When Faced with Prejudice, Modern-Day Jews Must Be Like Esther and Mordecai (March 2008)
- Impressions from Israel: Reform Judaism Progresses, But Peace Appears Elusive (February 2008)
- Israel's Aspirations, Errors, Achievements and Foibles Can be Laid Bare at Micah (January 2008)
- To Understand God, Consider the Value of Human Life (December 2007)
- Religious Liberals Challenged To Live Faith and Speak Out (November 2007)
- What About God? On Faith, Meaning and Doubt (October 2007)
- High Holy Days Link Jews To Forebears, Provide Anchor, Meaning in Modern Times (September 2007)
- What Makes Someone Jewish? It's More Than a Matter of Birth, A Hebrew Prayer or a Bit of Lox (August 2007)
- Micah Faces Test of Values In New Fund-Raising Effort (June 2007)
- Ancient Writings Offer Lessons To Jewish Community of Today (May 2007)
- Open Mind, Close Book: Carter Is Wrong about Israel (April 2007)
- God, Peoplehood Are Absent From American Jewish Life (March 2007)
- What's in a Symbol? A Link to Identity, World View (February 2007)
- Believing in God, Choosing Life And Stopping Darfur Genocide (January 2007)
- Judaism is What We Do Every Day; Not Just on Mitzvah Day, in Temple (December 2006)
- Sabbatical Offers Time for Study, Travel and Infusion of New Ideas (November 2006)
- Following Intense Days of Awe, Unwind in a Sukkah, at the Fair (October 2006)
- The Pursuit of Holiness Requires Living Ethically Outside the Temple Walls (September 2006)
- Heartbreak Plagues a Nation That Lives for Its Children (August 2006)
- It's Summer: Kick Back, Relax, Read a Book, Watch Baseball And Think "Jewish Narrative" (June/July 2006)
- Temple Should Help Sustain Miracle on the Mediterranean (May 2006)
- Without a Modern Story, It's Easy to Disengage (April 2006)
- Jews Need New Narrative To Impart Fresh Purpose (March 2006)
- Building a Community One Strike at a Time (February 2006)
- The Sacred Community that is Temple Micah (January 2006)
- Miracle on the South Side (December 2005)
- For the Love of Two Countries (November 2005)
- Jews Don't Despair: Through the Generations, In Good Times and Bad, We Dream, We Hope (October 2005)
- Violence in the Name of Judaism Thrives Despite Edict to "Choose Life" (September 2005)
- Judaism Asks Us to Consider What It Means to Be Human Beings (August 2005)
- Micah is Building the Future of American Judaism, One Brick at a Time (June-July 2005)
- Micah's Rabbis Mull Challenges Facing American Jews (May 2005)
- Judaism Means Giving, in Prayer and in Life (May 2005)
- Passover is a Time to Say 'Hineini,' Turn Outward and Repair the World (April 2005)
- Prayer Offers Opportunity to Discover the Sacred Within and Without (March 2005)
- Jewish Identity in America: Individual's Choice, Synagogue's Challenge (February 2005)
- Questions to Ask Ourselves As We Build a Sacred Community (January 2005)
- Connecting to Sacred Acts: Partnering with God (December 2004)
- Thanksgiving: Building a Greater Sense of National Unity and Purpose (November 2004)
- Sukkot, Simchat Torah: Joy and Release after Day of Atonement (October 2004)
- High Holy Days: Seeking Our Jewish Narrative (September 2004)
- Proselytize or Appreciate Differences? (August 2004)
- Israel Mission Inspiring; a New "Normal" Found (June/July 2004)
- High Schoolers to Graduate; Rabbinic Intern Arrives May 31 (May 2004)