Morah Mary's Musings

One of the joys of Reconstructionist Judaism is the encouragement to question our behavior, our patterns and our observances.  Sometimes, ...

It's been a LONG time since I've posted anything.  In the intervening years, I've continued to do a little consulting, eventuall...

This chapter of the Torah includes several major transitions The focus shifts from the individual matriarchs & patriarchs to the Je...

Teachers from K-12 This is Teacher Appreciation Week, and I've been thinking a lot about the teachers I have had - particularly those ...

The Torah portion for the intermediate days of Passover is Exodus 33:12-34:26. In the narrative, these verses occur shortly after our...

With the death of Pete Seeger earlier this week, I’ve been reading a lot about his music, his practices, and his commitment to justice/ tze...

Parshat Bo is a familiar one to many of us – it contains a recounting of the last three plagues before Pharaoh finally tells the Israelites...