Impact

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by Carrie Bornstein Last week, Cindy shared how she found meaning at Mayyim Hayyim in 2004 after being turned away from her local mikveh when she told them she’d be marrying another woman. I was inspired by her words – but what struck me more was her willingness to give Mayyim Hayyim a chance when she so […]

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Empowering 6th Grade Girls, One Program at a Time

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by Jody Comins, Development and Events Coordinator Last Sunday, I had a glimpse into one of the many amazing programs that happen here at Mayyim Hayyim, when my younger daughter came with her Rosh Hodesh, It’s a Girl Thing group to the mikveh. My daughter, Elizabeth, and the other girls in the group are from […]

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It’s Getting Better All the Time

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by Lisa Berman, Director of Education Remember the Beatles song? “I used to get mad at my school The teachers who taught me weren’t cool  You’re holding me down, turning me round Filling me up with your rules. It’s getting better all the time Better, better, better…” Here at Mayyim Hayyim we are big believers […]

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Oh to be a fly on the wall…

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By Lisa Berman, Mayyim Hayyim Director of Education I have the best job. Great colleagues, inspiring mission, on-site laundry facilities, six bathrooms for seven staff members… But the students are the best part by far. About 100 times each year we look out the front windows and see a group of learners trooping down our path, peering […]

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A View From Beneath the Surface

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by Hope Suttin Late last year, my youngest daughter, Liana, and I spent three Sunday afternoons at Mayyim Hayyim participating in their Beneath the Surface class for Bat Mitzvah girls and their mothers.  We joined on a friend’s recommendation and had no expectations. I had attended several fundraisers for Mayyim Hayyim over the years, but […]

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Behind the Scenes with Rabbi Sarah Tasman

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by Rabbi Sarah Tasman this piece was originally published on Rabbi Tasman’s blog with her permission to republish Those of you who have watched the beautiful video for the Beneath the Surface program at Mayyim Hayyim Living Waters Community Mikveh and Education Center or who have participated in the program know how amazing it is. If […]

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Going Beneath the Surface – A New Film about Mothers, Daughters, and Bat Mitzvah

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Welcome to the premier of Beneath the Surface, Mayyim Hayyim’s new film about deepening mother-daughter relationships during the memorable yet challenging time leading up to a family’s bat mitzvah celebration. With support from the Boston Jewish Community Women’s Fund, filmmaker Jen Kaplan has created an inspiring and poignant portrait of girls and moms that brings […]

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Listening

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By Lisa Berman, Director of Education I’ve been thinking a lot lately about listening. It began as my colleague, Rabbi Sarah Tasman, and I worked to create a new program here at Mayyim Hayyim for moms and 8/9th grade daughters. Inspired by our successful bat mitzvah mother-daughter program, Beneath the Surface, we wanted to design two Sunday […]

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Three Rabbis Walk into a Mikveh…

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by Alan Teperow One of the things I love most about Mayyim Hayyim is its fluidity – both in and out of the water. It is this fluidity – engaging people of all backgrounds, embracing diversity and approaching Jewish living with such openness – that has brought the Synagogue Council of Massachusetts (SCM) to Mayyim Hayyim each year […]

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Proud

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by Lisa Berman, Director of Education  Recently I had the opportunity to talk about Mayyim Hayyim and mikveh to a group of senior citizens, residents of the lovely Golda Meir House, just a few doors down from our organizational home here in Newton, MA. The turnout was better than I expected with about 19 women […]

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