Rabbi Sara Sapadin’s new essay in the Forward reflects on Women of the Wall, the ongoing fight for religious equality in Israel, and a historic step toward women’s rabbinic leadership through the Israeli Chief Rabbinate’s exams. She writes about what it means to pray at the Kotel as a woman, a Reform rabbi, and a Jew committed to a more inclusive vision of Jewish life.
Dear Temple Emanu-El Families, This week at Religious School, we brought the Israeli election into our classrooms in a fun and meaningful way with an...
Mamdani’s Anti-Israel Animus is Spreading Over the summer I visited with a group of congregants and asked them about their foremost communal concerns. The most...
Dear Temple Emanu-El Families, There is something remarkable about the way we tell the stories of Abraham and Sarah. We know their names, their journeys,...
