Make your tribute to Reb Zalman on the first anniversary of his redeployment
Category Archive: General Interest
Reflecting on the increase in part-time, trans-denominational and low-residency Jewish clergy ordination programs and urging universal adoption of mandatory spiritual direction for all Jewish seminary students and instructors.
Our boundaries and identities are a product of the past. But they can also be transformed by learning more deeply about our history. I know that my students and I will come out of our week together changed, surprised, better able to do the work of deep ecumenism.
Dear Hevre of ALEPH and Jewish Renewal: Among our first observations as ALEPH co-chairs was how much we […]
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Starts with a familiar anecdote, leads in a completely new direction! Recently, a new artisan storefront…
Do you want your students to experience awe and wonder at G_d’s creation each day? Do you want them to have a personal relationship with G_d?
ALEPH co-chair Rabbi Rachel Barenblat was one of the beta-testers of FOLD, a new storytelling platform which specializes […]
The Fast of the Firstborn is when first-born Jews fast before Passover. This day also coincides with Good Friday, an obligatory fast day in Catholic tradition. Because I’m a first-born Jew, I will fast for the first reason. Because I’m a rabbi and soon co-chair of ALEPH: Alliance for Jewish Renewal, I will fast for the second reason.
At the end of Reb Zalman’s last Shabbaton he said to Rabbi David Zaslow, Please gather again next […]
Next-Gen Appointments Begin New Era for Jewish Renewal Movement
Kol ALEPH 