Category: Leadership
Parashat Emor: On Bodies, Leadership, and the Public Sphere
Parashat Emor opens with a description of right priestly conduct. In Leviticus 21:17-23, we find a lengthy list of those Kohenim who have a mum—often translated as blemish which disqualifies them fr... Read More
Why Women Should “Do” Theology
Throughout history, God has used women in incredible ways to propel the Gospel forward. Whether in the Hebrew Scriptures where women like Deborah, Ruth, Esther, and Miriam were paramount to the pres... Read More
“No really, what would you like us to do?”
When the folks who’ve been doing interfaith and other nonprofit work for decades longer than me look to me to say, so “what do you want us to do?” “What?” I thought. “No really, what would... Read More
Visit to the United Sates Holocaust Memorial Museum
We are pleased to be sharing, over the coming weeks, a series of three reflection pieces on the State of Formation visit to the United Stated Holocaust Memorial Museum this March. Each one is a col... Read More
From Poverty to Rabbinical School
Originally written for and posted at MAZON: A Jewish Response to Hunger My story starts and ends with a rabbi. The first rabbi is one I’ll always remember fondly, who took the time to look after a f... Read More
Purim and Holy Saturday: Waiting On the World to Change
When John Mayer’s hit single “Waiting On the World to Change” first hit the radio waves, I would refuse to listen to it. My self-assured high school-aged smugness thought that this... Read More
God Is Trans: Discovering the Divine Feminine
It was my first year of college. Easter. Even though I hadn’t been to church since starting at Boston University–glad to be rid of the Southern Bible Belt I had left behind–I still felt ... Read More
Co-Authoring for Life and Resistance
“First they came for the Socialists, and I did not speak out— Because I was not a Socialist. Then they came for the Trade Unionists, and I did not speak out— Because I was not a Trade Unioni... Read More