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A Half-Century of Women Rabbis
by Rabbi Audrey Pollack, June 1, 2022
June 3, 2022 marks 50 years since the ordination of Rabbi Sally J. Priesand, the first woman rabbi in America. In 1968, Sally Priesand enrolled at Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute…
Read More »Cultivating Patience, Rest, and Renewal
by Rabbi Audrey Pollack, April 27, 2022
Poet Mark Nepo writes: When things fall apart, they make a lot of noise. When things come together, they do so quietly and slowly. And so, we often miss them….
Read More »Pesach: A Time of Freedom For All
by Rabbi Audrey Pollack, March 30, 2022
Passover is traditionally known as Zeman Herutenu, Season of our Freedom. Eating matza and getting rid of leaven are Toraitic commandments, reminders of our liberation. And the first of the…
Read More »Change the World
by Rabbi Audrey Pollack, February 23, 2022
“Then Mordecai returned this message to Esther: “Do not imagine that you, by being in the king’s palace will escape with your life any more than of all the Jews….
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