Imagine it. Ten couples sitting around a table, munching on Terra Chips, hummus and carrots, mixed nuts and Peanut M&M’s; some engaged to be married, some already married, in their late 20’s and older, gay and straight, Jewish-Jewish and interfaith, and all interested in raising Jewish children. They want to start their marriages on the […]
Continue ReadingThe question is: how did a mikveh, a place that was alien to me most of life, become part of my life? Like everyone’s personal story it can be long and complicated or it can be short and concise. So here is the condensed version. My life is filled with twists and turns; it is […]
Continue ReadingI recently served on the beit din for the conversion to Judaism of a German man whose parents had been members of the Nazi party. During our conversation, I bore witness to an amazing story. He had married a Jewish woman 20 years ago, and decided to convert prior to his daughter’s Bat Mitzvah. As […]
Continue ReadingAt Mayyim Hayyim, we believe that the primary role of a Mikveh Guide is to help the visitor feel safe enough to be vulnerable – vulnerable to a meaningful, powerful ritual experience. Through participating in the Guide My Steps Training Curriculum, Mikveh Guides learn to respect the physical, emotional, and personal space of each visitor, […]
Continue ReadingJoin local activists, philanthropists, artists, neighbors and friends at Mayyim Hayyim’s 2011 spring benefit event, Everything Begins in the Water! This year, we join together to honor the achievements of outstanding community leaders Drs. Ernest and Ellen Kornmehl and Carol and Dr. Steven Targum. We also present the Nachson Award to Aliza Kline, Mayyim Hayyim […]
Continue ReadingPlease check out this wonderful blog entry over at JFCS by Kate Weldon LeBlanc, which speaks about the heartfelt graphic novel by Mayyim Hayyim’s latest exhibitor, Phoebe Potts. We invite everyone to visit Phoebe’s and Hilary Price’s wonderful art exhibit Drawn from Life, now on display at the Mayyim Hayyim gallery from February 1 – […]
Continue ReadingThe following article written by Mayyim Hayyim Executive Director Aliza Kline was published last week in the Jewish Advocate. In Memory of Debbie Friedman, zichrona l’vracha, (may her memory be for a blessing.) By Aliza Kline January 11, 2011 Ever since hearing the news that Debbie Friedman was in critical condition, my head […]
Continue ReadingMarjorie U. Sokoll, MEd, Director of Jewish Life and Healing at Jewish Family & Children’s Service, is the founder and director of JF&CS Jewish Healing Connections which helps ensure that people feel a sense of connection when facing the challenges of illness, loss, or isolation by offering spiritual and communal supports to provide hope, comfort, […]
Continue ReadingLisa Port White gives massage and Reiki treatments to people in hospice. She is an active volunteer at Congregation Dorshei Tzedek and at Mayyim Hayyim as a mikveh guide. To learn more about her, visit her blog at www.lisaportwhite.com. I was blessed with an early mid-life crisis. Its timing was great for a career change […]
Continue ReadingThe following is a letter written by Rabbi Peter W. Stein, Temple Sinai, Cranston RI, to Carrie Bornstein, Assistant Director at Mayyim Hayyim, about his experience bringing a terminally ill congregant to the mikveh during the final days of his life. Dear Carrie, Thank you so much for enabling me to bring my congregant, Jonah,* […]
Continue ReadingMichelle shared the following with those of us who attended “Love, Loss and What I Didn’t Wear: A Red Tent Event” on December 7, 2010. For most of my life, the ritual of immersion in a mikveh felt irrelevant to me in my personal practice of Judaism. That all changed when I was confronted by […]
Continue ReadingLittle Red Dress? Check. Martinis? Check. Lipstick? Check. Having an absolutely fabulous time while raising over $87,000.00 dollars for Mayyim Hayyim? Check and Check! On December 7, over 250 women gathered for Mayyim Hayyim’s Red Tent Benefit Event, Love, Loss, and What I Didn’t Wear. We chatted, we laughed, smiled and cried; we celebrated […]
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