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Tag: Reform Synagogue

0 Communities Television/Film

Jason Schwartzman plays a small-town cantor with a spiritual crisis in ‘Between the Temples’

Stephen Silver in JTA · 19 Aug

"Between the Temples" is a film that follows Cantor Ben Gottlieb, played by Jason Schwartzman, who works at a Reform synagogue in upstate New York and is struggling with a crisis of faith after the death of his wife.

0 Literature Communities

Transgression, dystopia and comedy reign at a Reform synagogue in a Toronto suburb

Julia M. Klein in Forward · 15 Aug

"Rubble Children: Seven and a Half Stories" by Aaron Kreuter explores the community, rituals, politics, and internal conflicts within a fictional Reform synagogue, Kol B Seder, in a Toronto suburb.

0 Politics Communities

Doug Emhoff: What would it mean if the first first gentleman is Jewish?

Rebecca Massel in Forward · 21 Jul

Doug Emhoff, the Jewish husband of Vice President Kamala Harris, could become the first Jewish person to reside in the White House as the first first gentleman.

0 Gender/Identity Science

How Babies Are Made

Bethany S. Mandel in Tablet · 14 Jun

The text discusses personal experiences working in a synagogue's development office and receiving donations from congregants.

0 Communities Holocaust

Finding My Judaism: An Oasis of Support

Jewdicious · 26 Mar

Debbie Weiss shares her personal journey of finding solace and connection in Judaism after her husband's passing.

0 Education Communities

How Zoom Judaism led me to train as a rabbi

Jewish Chronicle · 17 Mar

Anna Dyson, a mother of three from Leeds, found her path to rabbinic training at the Academy of Jewish Religion California (AJRCA) in Los Angeles during lockdown, thanks to the shift to online Jewish communal life.

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A Reform synagogue in Brooklyn is holding special High Holidays services for Israelis

Tori Luecking in JTA · 12 Sep 2023

Congregation Beth Elohim, a Reform synagogue in Brooklyn, is offering special High Holidays services for Israelis living in the area.

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The Temple of Zoom

Paula Jacobs in Tablet · 6 Sep 2023

Since the COVID-19 pandemic, many synagogues have shifted to online platforms like Zoom for worship, classes, and meetings.

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Rabbis Have to Talk About God

Jordie Gerson in Tablet · 9 May 2023

In this article, the author discusses their initial discomfort in talking about God with their congregation, due to the low percentage of American Jews who believe in God according to the Pew report.

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‘If You’re Not Ready for Us, Get Ready for Us’

Abigail Pogrebin in Tablet · 23 Jun 2022

In this discussion featuring 10 LGBTQ Jews, there is a mixed perception of the Jewish community as a welcoming place for LGBTQ Jews.

0 Gender/Identity Jewish Law

What My Kippah Means to Me

Olivia Swasey in Tablet · 9 Sep 2019

The author shares a personal journey of wearing a kippah as a gender nonconforming Jewish woman, describing the significance and challenges of this choice.

0 Gender/Identity Jewish Law

The Marrying Kind

Judith Katz in Tablet · 21 Jun 2018

The text tells the story of a woman who, after years of failed relationships, unexpectedly finds love with a former friend, Paula, at a fundraiser opposing an anti same-sex marriage amendment.