What Does My Jewish Community Say About Women?
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Maybe next year I can reach over to the men’s section and touch the Torah.
Continue readingOctober 23, 2018
August 29, 2018
Is it Time to Leave Our Orthodox Neighborhood?
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Has my childhood neighborhood changed, or have I just outgrown it?
Continue readingAugust 1, 2018
Why These 5 Myths about Interfaith Families are Limiting Our Community
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Some insist that marriage between two Jews remains the normative communal practice.
Continue readingJuly 26, 2018
Why Do I Worry My Daughter Won’t Fit In?
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We wonder how the community will react to our Jewish-American-Mexican-Catholic daughter.
Continue readingMay 8, 2018
April 13, 2018
USCJ CEO Rabbi Steve Wernick Talks Intermarriage
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A few weeks ago I had the pleasure of interviewing Rabbi Steve Wernick, CEO of the United Synagogue for Conservative Judaism, about his views on intermarriage. A pressing and dividing issue in the Conservative Movement today, USCJ’s official stance has matched that of the Rabbinical Assembly: Conservative rabbis will not officiate intermarriages. However, now that […]
Continue readingDecember 26, 2017
Struggling With A Belief in God
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It is very hard for me to admit to others that I do not believe in God. I probably have told more people my weight than admit to this. Even when I have admitted my lack of a belief it is always preceded with an “I don’t think I…” qualifier to save the recipient of […]
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November 28, 2017
Imagine In Jewishness
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When my children experience something new it is often my first experience as well.
Continue readingOctober 26, 2017
Facing Reality Honestly
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We are all working together, finding a balance and all of us continue to support one another.
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