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Soul Searching for Rachela

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by Marcia Colagiovanni It was an honor to introduce Rabbi Barbara Aiello to Mayyim Hayyim during her February 2014 Boston visit to serve as a Scholar-in-Residence at Temple Beth David of Westwood. While all annual Scholar Programs at my temple have enhanced my ongoing Jewish learning, this one was particularly personal for me.  I am […]

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The Onus is on the Community

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This post originally appeared on The Jewish Week’s “The New Normal: Blogging Disability“   by Carrie Bornstein   Larry had a problem. It was the winter of 2004 and he’d spent years dreaming of becoming a Jew.  Following many months of formal study he was ready to go before the beit din, the group of […]

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Monologim Mihamikveh

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Written by Aliza Kline, Executive Director of Mayyim Hayyim                “Monologim Mihamikveh” (“Mikveh Monologues”), was the title of a recent article that my Hebrew tutor, Rona, showed to me. I met Rona through ESRA, an Israeli organization that supports English-speakers moving to Israel. Once a week, we sit at her kitchen table to drink coffee, schmooze, […]

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Found the Mikveh

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Written by Aliza Kline Reposted from Aliza and her husband Bradley’s Israel blog. It was not easy, there is no online listing in English, or apparently in Hebrew, of area mikvaot. Many of the people I’ve met here are not mikveh goers – and are definitely not aware of the tucked away mikvaot in the […]

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