See Something, Say Something: Having the Courage to Name Implicit Biases As a rabbi, who also happens to be a woman, I am living through…
Posts published in “Chavurah”
How and Why I’m So Committed to Teaching My Kids to Value Diversity Now that I’m a parent, teaching my children about racism, classism, and…
How to Move World Jewry from Protests to Transformation An equal partnership between Diaspora and Israeli Jews is vital for a Jewish, democratic state. Creating…
A Letter to the Rabbi Who Jump-Started My Jewish Journey You probably knew back then that I wasn’t close to being ready to fully accept…
We Must Not Willfully Hide from a Truth In 2018, the Knesset adopted the “Basic Law: Israel as the Nation-State of the Jewish People,” nearly…
Why It’s Imperative for Us To Vote On February 13, 2018, I turned 18. For the first time in my life, I had the right…
Sukkot, Diversity, and Unity: How Each of Us Is Like the Four Species While all Jewish holidays serve as great opportunities to practice audacious hospitality,…
We Are More Than Our Diagnoses: Speaking About Mental Illness with Compassion and Respect A psychiatric disease is not someone’s fault nor is a diagnosis…
Domestic Violence Awareness Month is Ending – but VAWA Has Yet to Be Renewed Congress failed to reauthorize the Violence Against Women Act in April.…