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Today I am a Woman
In the few months since our book was published, women of different ages have come up to us with stories ...
Closing the Gender Gap
People often ask me why I decided to become a rabbi. Some would say in a condescending tone, “You want ...
Who Needs This Bar Mitzvah Anyway?
It was dry inside the Avalon Theatre in Washington, D.C.’s Chevy Chase neighborhood. The audience for the 22nd Washington Jewish Film ...
Engaging our Teens
At Congregation B’nai Israel, Bridgeport, CT, I’m blessed with a class of almost 30 eighth graders and we meet weekly ...
A Tale of Two Havdalot
So there we were this past Saturday evening, some 500 people strong, many arm in arm, singing the la, la ...
Holiness on a Tablet
This past Sunday, I had the honor of officiating at a beautiful wedding. Rachel and Nathan met last year here ...
The Jewish Message
Earlier this week, Tom Fields-Meyer wrote about reading and thinking about books and took a look at autism and God. He has been ...
Reading and Thinking about Books
On Monday, Tom Fields-Meyer took a look at autism and God. He will be blogging all week for the Jewish Book ...
Delaying Bar Mitzvah Till Age 25
I run a pretty rockin’ Bar (or Bat) Mitzvah service. I’ve officiated at several hundred of these events. I’ve been ...
Autism and God
Tom Fields-Meyer is the author of Following Ezra, a memoir about learning from his autistic son. He will be blogging ...
Pharaoh Was A Nazi
You know how Godwin’s law says that every internet argument eventually breaks down into someone calling someone else Hitler or ...
Prologue: An Introduction
It’s time to brag.For the past year, I’ve gotten to work with some of the biggest names of the literary ...