From Rabbi Rachel Kort

Our High Holy Day season offers us an opportunity for t’shuvah. T’shuvah is often interpreted as repentance, but literally translates as a “return.” This process of return does not follow a straight path; t’shuvah requires us to turn both backwards and forwards. Many different and sometimes seemingly conflicting moods and modes comprise our journey of […]

(Daughters of Zelophehad by Janet Shaffer, 3 panels Oil on Canvas 2006) Shabbat Shalom! In our Torah this Shabbat we meet the five Daughters of Zelophehad who challenge the legal status quo to help honor their father’s name and legacy. God wasn’t angry at these 5 women. Rather, God agrees that their perspective is more […]

Make for yourself a rav (a teacher); acquire for yourself a friend; and judge every person on the positive side. (Pirkei Avot 1:6) Make for yourself a rav: I’m looking forward to being each others teachers. I’ll share my knowledge with you and I’m open to receiving your gifts, wisdom, and insight. I hope you […]

Empowering Individuals to Take the Lead in their Jewish Lives My parents never told me why I should be Jewish. Instead, they raised me with rich Jewish experiences that invited me to discover why I should be Jewish for myself. I grew up eating Happy Meals in the temple sukkah, writing post-cards to my Ethiopian-Israeli […]