synagogue

My Congregation is Amazing!

Today’s post is from Education Fellow Elaine Barenblat. As a young girl, I was very involved in my home congregation, ...

Transforming Stories

A Small Revolution in a Synagogue Book GroupThis past January, Hebrew College invited poet and scholar Joy Ladin to speak ...

Deprogramming our Children as a Means to Jewish Continuity?

I just got back from a weekend “family camp” retreat. One of the most remarkable aspects of the experience was ...

Generosity of Spirit

In my last article I wrote about the need for a renaissance of mission-driven rabbis. I quoted from the powerful ...

Tachlis of Inclusion: Congregation Beth Shalom of Seattle

Creating inclusive Jewish spaces is a great goal — but how do you do it? While the answer is likely ...

A Rabbi’s Tale

Some years ago, when I was president of Congregation B’nai Israel, in Northampton, Massachusetts, I wrote a short story I ...

Queer Rabbis in Action: Rabbi Denise Eger

“Integrating all of the disparate parts” Welcome to our fourth installment of “Queer Clergy in Action,” spotlighting lesbian, gay, bisexual, ...

Queer Clergy in Action: Rabbi Sharon Kleinbaum

 20 years of inspiring and provoking Welcome to our third installment of “Queer Clergy in Action,” spotlighting lesbian, gay, bisexual, and ...

“An enduring monument to the Enterprise and Liberality of Our Israelitish Citizens”: A Beautiful Kentucky Synagogue

Recently, I have started my research into the Jewish communities of Kentucky for our Encyclopedia of Southern Jewish Communities. A ...

Kavod ha’Meit: Trans Issues for the Hevra Kadisha

Judaism, a religion that focuses primarily on life, rather than the afterlife, provides a meticulous set of standards regarding the ...