Editor’s note: With such a varied political climate, what role should our synagogue, rabbi and community, play in helping to navigate? By Debra Nussbaum Cohen, Hadassah Magazine You could call Michelle Szpilzinger a wandering Jew. Over the past few years, the resident of the Kew Gardens section of Queens, N.Y.,...
This resolution, by the Women’s League of Conservative Judaism (of which our Sisterhood is a member), was prepared with reference to the Rabbinical Assembly’s 2016 resolution. We are grappling with some of the wording. What are your thoughts? Please share below. GUN CONTROL Background Gun violence is an acute public...
by Darcy Grabenstein An article on Kveller.com is titled “There’s a Difference Between Saying You’re Welcoming and Being Welcoming.” In that article, author Nina Badzin says that, in response to another article she’d written, “Several readers–Jews and non-Jews alike–commented that they found the Jewish community cliquey and unwelcoming.” This couldn’t...
