April 4, 2024 — Freedom means living according to nature’s cycles of giving and receiving, and giving back.

August 14, 2024 — A service written for Tisha B'Av 2018 at Congregation Beth Ahabah in Richmond, VA

December 14, 2022 — For many years, Regina’s story of becoming the first woman rabbi was forgotten, tucked away in archives, lost among ashes.

June 10, 2022 — Saving a life is a preeminent principle of Jewish ethics, but there are circumstances in which other Jewish values may lead us to make ending a life the priority.

February 27, 2024 — The fundamental goal of building Jewish community remains unchanged in 2024.

April 1, 2025 — Rabbi Deborah Waxman published this essay "'Covenantal Community' and Classical Reconstructionism" in December 2024. What follows is this essay, with commentaries exploring Waxman's points by four other Reconstructionist rabbis: Megan Doherty, Isabel de Koninck, Katie Mizrahi and Elyse Wechterman.

August 8, 2022 — It was a week filled with water—starting with my partner Ever’s conversion to Judaism by immersion in the mikveh, the womb of the universe that moves us from one state of being to the other. 

June 10, 2022 — The part of me that craved answers, structure and safety struggled with the part that wanted freedom, mystery and adventure.

June 17, 2022