Celebrating 100 Years: A Journey Through Time
This year my congregation is celebrating a very special milestone: the 100-year anniversary of our community. Temple Israel Long Beach in southern California was chartered in February 1924. For this important anniversary, the temple has been celebrating with
Celebrating the Mothers of Israel: A Women’s Seder
Several weeks ago, I was asked to write something for this blog about a program called ‘Celebrating the Mothers of Israel,’ which would have been cool, but we hadn’t in fact had a program with that name. We have, however, had a Women’s Seder with that title
Supreme Court Oral Arguments: The Stakes for Reproductive Health Care
This past Tuesday, March 26, the Supreme Court heard oral arguments in FDA v. Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine, a case that could determine the future of access to abortion and other reproductive healthcare. Mifepristone is one of two medications commonly
Protecting Our Children: A Fight for Religious Freedom in Texas Schools
Once, finding me crying outside of the cafeteria, a friendly counselor asked what was wrong. When I tried to explain, she said to me, “You don’t have to be anybody other than who you are. You’re pretty special, and those other kids are sure missing out.”
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We Will Not Be Silent: An Israel Mission Recap
Ein Milim - there are no words. Arrival at Ben Gurion International Airport on a mid-February day in any other year, one would be met with the sights and sounds of people greeting their loved ones, lines of tour busses waiting for excited passengers, pilgrims
Knowing the Value of Our Voice
The early spring that was promised on Groundhog Day may not have arrived yet, but the news cycle is already focused on a fall holiday known as Election Day. The RAC’s “Every Voice, Every Vote 2024” campaign is about to launch, with the hope that we can make
What WRJ Advocacy Looks Like: Education to Action
Leading with the principle of tikkun olam, repairing the world, Women of Reform Judaism (WRJ) encourages individual action and mobilizes collective action to uplift our voices on a variety of causes in pursuit of a more just and compassionate world for all
How to Bring the Conversations Home
Once again, April is soon upon us, and with that we are in Sexual Assault Awareness Month. One facet of the important work that Women of Reform Judaism continues to commit itself to, for we can always do more and better ourselves as well as the communities we
A “Helluva Engineer” Inspiring Girls to Enter the Field of STEM
I’m an engineer….well, actually “a helluva engineer” as the Georgia Tech fight song goes. When I enrolled, the freshman class was less than 15% women, and depending on the specific engineering major, it could have been even lower. One of my professors once