The westernmost member of the United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism
Rabbi Rosalind Bio
Ordained at the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College (RRC) in 2003, Rabbi Rosalind Glazer made Aliyah in 2012. After moving to Jerusalem to serve as Interim Director for RRC’s rabbinical program in Israel, she founded Joyful Jerusalem Lifecycles and Destination Celebrations where… Continue reading
High Holy Days at Sof
Message from Rabbi Rosalind Glazer
Dear Friends,
I write to you from my home office in Jerusalem as I watch the summer sun slip away and I begin feeling the pivot toward Elul. With the final month of the Jewish… Continue reading
The Meaning of Each Braid
By Peter Fritz
Recently, I made several braided round challahs. Some people may have wondered why. After all, it is not Rosh Hashanah. I often make round braided challahs for events like bar/bat mitzvahs, baby naming and weddings because it… Continue reading
To Seek Life: Upon My Mother’s Yahrzeit, I Remember
By Sandra Z. Armstrong
I was born Sandra Zimmerman, with a ventricular septal defect (VSD) – a hole in my heart. For some born with a VSD, the hole closes naturally. Mine did not. In 1922, Dora Moness Shapiro established… Continue reading
Holy Cow! – Parsha Chukat
By Naomi Olstein
While parsha Chukat deals with many topics, it begins with parah adumah, the red heifer. It is the most enigmatic mitzvah in all of Torah. More than a mitzvah, it is chukat haTorah – Law of the… Continue reading
Mazal Tov! – Amira’s Wedding
By Marlene Booth
Let me set the stage. Our daughter Amira wanted to get married at Raananah, a very small Jewish bungalow colony, originally Labor-Zionist, in New York state, in which Avi’s family spent time every summer since the… Continue reading
Daddy I Miss You
By Greta Beigel
Father’s Day has come and gone. Rather apt when considering the life & times of Richard Beigel, the father I hardly knew.
He left South Africa when I was 10 and set sail with a distant cousin… Continue reading
Tikkun Olam Opportunity This Month
By Kay Lorraine
For the past 13 years, you have been listening to me beg, cajole, guilt, and encourage congregation members to volunteer for Family Promise. It occurs to me that some of you many not fully understand what this… Continue reading
Peter Fritz: Challah Man
By Arnie Warshawsky
On Sunday, June 2, 2019, I learned a tiny bit about the challenges and satisfaction of baking challah. With seven other hardy souls, I attended the second showing of “Peter Fritz: Challah Man.” We were graciously hosted… Continue reading
Marv Black: A Profile
By Fran Margulies
Behind the gentle Marv Black we meet on Shabbat mornings hides a former fierce warrior. I visited Marv recently, and he proudly pulled from under his bed a formidable collection of “edged weapons,” as he called them.… Continue reading
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- Modern Jewish Mystical MastersThis fall, as part of the Me’ah Select program at Hebrew Union College, Rabbi Natan Margalit will teach a class on the thought, practices and lives of some of the most profound and influential Jewish mystics of the modern era. Building on the earlier mystical traditions of heavenly ascents, Zohar, Lurianic Kabbalah, numerology and early […]