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A Closing Prayer for a Tisha B'Av Vigil for Refugees, Immigrants and Asylum Seekers

Rabbi Annie Lewis recited this prayer at Independence Mall during a Vigil for Refugees on the 9th of Av, 5779. To the refugees who have been turned away from this… Read More

Posted: August 13, 2019 by Rabbi Annie Lewis

“Night Vision”: The Grief and Hope of Tisha B’Av

Shabbat Chazon 5779 / 10 August 2019

Shabbat Shalom. I am grateful to be back on the bimah at BZBI this shabbat, this time as a member of the clergy team of this beloved community that has… Read More

Posted: August 13, 2019 by Rabbi Annie Lewis

Towards an Honest Egalitarianism

Mattot-Mas'ei 5779 / 3 August 2019

When Marc and I were planning our wedding and selecting the wording for our ketubah, we chose two very different texts to exist side by side on the same document…. Read More

Posted: August 8, 2019 by Miriam Steinberg-Egeth

Should We Continue to Fast

Pinhas 5779 / 27 July 2019

A few years ago, about 4 years before the Apollo 11 flight we commemorated recently, I was preparing to take the entrance exams for Rabbinical School at the Jewish Theological… Read More

Posted: July 29, 2019 by Rabbi Mort Levine

Miriam: A Eulogy and a Tikkun

Hukkat 5779 / 13 July 2019

Amit teaches math and science at WB Saul, the School District of Philadelphia’s agriculture high school. Hosting shabbat meals is how he builds power for his union caucus, the Caucus… Read More

Posted: July 15, 2019 by Amit S.