As I reflect on the profound privilege to serve as a Marshall T. Meyer Rabbinic Fellow here at BJ these past two years, I find ...

Deborah Sacks Mintz is a fourth-year rabbinical student at the Jewish Theological Seminary. Originally from New York City, Deborah earned degrees in music performance and religious anthropology from the University of Michigan. Prior to her graduate studies at JTS, Deborah worked for nearly a decade in Jewish experiential education at the Neve Hannah Children’s home in southern Israel, Congregation Beth Elohim in Brooklyn, the Brandeis Collegiate Institute in Los Angeles, and served as the Director of Education at Shir Chadash in New Orleans. A musician and ba’al tefilah, Deborah serves on faculty at Hadar, facilitating workshops on empowered and songful prayer, as well as composing and recording new Jewish music. Her debut album of original spiritual music, The Narrow and the Expanse, was released this past spring.
As I reflect on the profound privilege to serve as a Marshall T. Meyer Rabbinic Fellow here at BJ these past two years, I find ...
We are able to begin the process of seeking those second chances for korban—and yet, we may feel a sense of being adrift as we ...
As Shabbat approaches, Purim 5781 draws to a close; and thus, so too do we close out one full cycle of haggim in the era of ...
In these winter months, being ready to welcome in Shabbat is not always an easy feat. As the sky rapidly darkens through the late afternoon, ...
Today we mark the final day of Hanukkah, and in doing so, mark our final holiday in the cycle of a year of hagim at ...
This past Shabbat, my family and I were called to our kitchen window by the sound of crowds cheering, cars honking, and noisemakers of all ...
Our final haftarah of this three-week period of reflection and grief begins with Isaiah’s hazon (vision)—thus earning the title “Shabbat Hazon.” As in the case ...
Our final haftarah of this three-week period of reflection and grief begins with Isaiah’s hazon (vision)—thus earning the title “Shabbat Hazon.” As in the case ...
Our final haftarah of this three-week period of reflection and grief begins with Isaiah’s hazon (vision)—thus earning the title “Shabbat Hazon.” As in the case ...
Our final haftarah of this three-week period of reflection and grief begins with Isaiah’s hazon (vision)—thus earning the title “Shabbat Hazon.” As in the case ...