When hate comes your way or to an organization you know, which we hope it never does, there are things that one can do to respond in ways that are…
Election Season Event: Candidates of Color Forum at Queens University, April 21st @ 7:00 pm
Election Season Event: April 2022 Candidates of Color Forum with Aisha Dew & Rev. Vahisha Hasan and Queens Students Thursday, April 21, 2022 Time: 7:00 pm Location: Ketner Auditorium at Queens…
Sacred Intersections of Time
We celebrate sacred intersections of time. Our own Kiddush cups filled celebrating promises of redemption – past, present, and future simultaneously awakening ancient memory and creating memory connecting age-old journeys…
Havdalah and Healing Service in prayer for Ukraine
I once gave a Yom Kippur sermon at Temple Beth El, noting that there are some ultra-Orthodox communities where rabbi cards are traded like baseball counterparts, and that if I…
Wedges versus solidarity in Muslim-Jewish relations
by Dr. Hadia Mubarak and Rabbi Judy Schindler Whether it’s the synagogue hostage situation in Colleyville, Texas or other acts of violence, such events tap into deep fears and threaten to…