Aliyah
For an African American Jew, Jerusalem Was a Dream
How the Israel of her childhood imagination became both real and beloved.
What Makes This Bat Mitzvah Different From All Others…?
The Talmud records Rabbi Chanina as stating, “I have learned much from my teachers, more from my colleagues, and the ...
Partnership Minyans and Women’s Aliyot: A Maturing Conversation
Proponents and opponents of Partnership Minyans have jointly fostered a single narrative. In that narrative, the only relevant technical halakhic ...
My First Aliyah – at 70
On Shabbat Noach (the Shabbat when Parshat Noah was read) I marked my 70th birthday by reciting haftarah at the Hendon ...
Supporting the Journey of Your Transgender Child
Last week, PBS Frontline aired a powerful, thoughtful and educational documentary, Growing up Trans. The families and the children who shared ...
My First Aliyah L’Torah
Partnership minyans are a relatively new phenomenon in our part of northwest London, so when one started around the corner ...