The Lessons I Take from My Time at jGirls+ Magazine
“I was a timid girl on a trajectory toward becoming a timid woman until I joined the community of jGirls+ Magazine."
Our Prayer Is Not a Crime
This week, a bill was moved forward that would grant exclusive control of the Kotel to the ultra-Orthodox Chief Rabbinate, threatening the ability of millions of Jews to pray according to their custom.
Prayer for the First Yahrzeit of the Bibas Children's Return
Matir Asurim, Redeemer of captives
The One who has made me free
On this yarzheit
one year since the Bibas children returned home to be laid to rest
We pause to grieve
The lives taken far too soon – Shiri, Ariel, and Kfir
To mourn women and children whose lives are
Creating a Successful YES Tea Event
In 2000, when I was President of Beth Am Women in Los Altos Hills, California, our board was trying to decide what to do for our end-of-year event. One of our board members had previously belonged to a congregation in Massachusetts whose sisterhood had a brunch around WRJ’s YES Fund.
Supporting the Thought Leadership of Women of Color
This year, with the support of a WRJ YES Fund grant, the Jewish Women’s Archive launched the Pomegranate Writing Fellowship for Jewish Women of Color, a new model for Jewish thought leadership that centers the voices and vision of Jewish women and gender-expansive people of color as writers.
My Experience as an American Jew in Israel
Being on a gap year program and living in Israel for a year has given me a different perspective on Jewish practice. As the heart of Jewish life, Israel is a place where Jewish identity is expressed in deeply diverse and sometimes conflicting ways.
Peace Upon Israel
On the 754th day since October 7, 2023, I walked into the plaza of Hostage Square, the heart of community organizing and public support for families of those held hostage in Gaza. The place where so many gathered for over two years in prayer and protest.
I
Returning to a New Israel
השיבנו יי ונשובה
חדיש ימינו כקדם
“Bring us back, God, and we will return to You.
Renew our days as they once were.” (Lamentations 5:21)
I’m on my way to the 39th World Zionist Congress, where I’m honored to represent Women of Reform Judaism, the Reform Movement
"Called to Start Again"
As the sun sets on October 14, the 23rd of Tishrei 5786, so ends the day we know as Simchat Torah. It’s a holiday that always moves me. Simchat Torah is about joy. We dance with the Torah, but we also wrestle with it. We celebrate the wisdom it offers, but we
Connecting Internationally with WRJ
There’s something uniquely powerful about international travel—the way it invites you to step outside your comfort zone, discover new perspectives, and find connections in unexpected places. And as is such in the small interconnected Jewish world, those