Donna Kirshbaum

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Sep 28, 2019, 11:59 PM

Shattering the sounds of silence at Rosh Hashanah

Rosh Hashanah is called "yom t’ruah," a day of loud sound, because of the shofar’s blasts. But silence haunts the Torah readings for this holiday, multiple silences that grow louder as, in our own time, more women speak out...

Jun 7, 2016, 1:04 PM

What happened on the threshing floor? Talking to teens about sex

Use the ancient book of Ruth to trigger discussions on dating and intimacy: what did happen on that threshing floor?

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Rabbi Donna Kirshbaum lives in Omer, Israel and is a member of JWI’s Clergy Taskforce on Domestic Abuse in the Jewish Community.