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Prayer & Mourning
Yesterday, like many others in our community this month, I marched in a Pride Parade.The day began with the cheers ...
Greek Burekas, A Treat at Shavuot or Year-Round
The Shavuot holiday is upon us. We celebrate our becoming a people committed to living the gift of receiving and ...
Giving Gelt: Starting A Family Giving Circle (Part 2)
Around Hanukkah this past year, my family decided to start our own giving circle. Sitting around the kitchen table, armed with ...
Passing the Pride Along
It’s Pride season, although I celebrate all year long! But recently there’s been a lot of talk about our gay ...
Which Judaism is the Authentic One?
Last week I met one of my neighbors, an Orthodox Jewish woman. She asked what I do for a living, ...
What Makes A Rabbi A Rabbi?
Rabbis are rabbis in no small part by the work they do, pastoral, ritual, social justice, organizational, all informed by ...
No Room at the Inn for Interfaith Weddings?
I officiate at a lot of weddings. Many of those ceremonies are between a Jewish partner and a partner of ...
Israeli, Ethiopian and Gay
What does it mean to be young, Ethiopian, Israeli and gay? Recently to of the leaders of KALA an Israeli ...
Domestic Violence and Guns
Over the past several decades, we have made great progress in moving beyond the days when domestic violence was considered ...
What I Want For Validity
The week before I wrote this poem I was having a discussion with my mother about how I presented my gender ...
The Rebbetzin-Part 2
The following Thursday was Rosh Chodesh. All the women of the town and many visitors filled the kitchen and hallways ...