As Rabbi Barbara Penzner reviews her 28 years as senior solo rabbi of Temple Hillel B’nai Torah, a small, urban Reconstructionist congregation in West Roxbury, she told JewishBoston that she feels much gratitude for the community she and her congregation have built over the decades.
Most of us will experience some form of trauma or wounding in our lifetime. Trauma and disability are essential parts of what make us human and what connects us to one another.
Many American Jews are deeply concerned about the rights and well-being of non-Jews, most especially Israeli Arabs and Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza.
Nicole Fix envisions a rabbinate at the intersection of Jewish tradition and artistic practice. She co-founded the Rabbinic Arts Company to develop a modern-day practice of rabbinic arts. Through the fusion of rigorous engagement with text and committed artistic practice, she seeks to train artists and to create and produce work that will cultivate a global love and appreciation for Judaism.
Jews on college campuses across the continent are forming independent groups they call Judaism on Our Own Terms. The impetus is often constraints by institutions about what topics can be discussed and who counts as a Jew.
