Jewish Experience
Conversion students are asking me if it’s safe to become Jewish. This is what I tell them. (Rabbi Ruth Adar in JTA News)
"'Rabbi Adar, is it dangerous to wear my Jewish star?' In 12 years of teaching 'Introduction to the Jewish Experience', no student ever asked me that question in those words. ...
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Join us for Sephardic, Mizrahi, and LGBTQ+: An Intersectional Experience on the Margins – with Ruben Shimonov
Join us for a lively discussion about an often-overlooked segment of the Jewish world: LGBTQ+, Mizrahi, and Sephardic Jews. ...
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Passover 101
Thank you to all who joined us for the Passover 101 course with Rabbi Ruth Adar! ...
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Tu B’Shevat is More than Trees — It’s About Our Link in the Chain (Recently Published in the JWeekly)
...there are times in life when we are not the center, times when we need to step back and give each person “their plant,” a place to be themselves, to share their voice, the space to grow... Stepping back to allow for growth is a major theme of Tu B’Shevat, the Jewish birthday of the trees. We plant trees knowing that we might not enjoy their shade or their fruits. It is a selfless act that reminds us that there is more to the world than us ...
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Exploring the Binaries of Jewish Life
I’m curious about the boxes we put ourselves in as Jews. Reform, Orthodox, “Half-Jewish,” “Not religious.” ...
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