Julie Schonfeld

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Apr 12, 2022, 7:55 PM

The Fifth Child: The Refugee Child

Each year for Passover, we gather to tell the story of the Exodus, joining with friends and family to enjoy a festive meal, eat symbolic foods, reflect, and celebrate in prayer and song. But this Passover is not like...

Jul 13, 2021, 11:33 PM

Tisha B’Av’s Lesson For Honoring Pandemic Losses

The Biblical book of Lamentations, chanted on Tisha B’Av begins with the words, “Aicha yashvah badad,” “Alas! lonely sits the city.” Thus begins an annual ritual outpouring of grief, which, like so many ancient Jewish rituals, elicits complex and...

Apr 27, 2020, 7:05 PM

Jewish Women Commit to Making Joe Biden’s America a Reality

In the weeks leading up to Passover, a group of Jewish women formed Jewish Women For Joe. We believe that Joe Biden will be the inspiring, unifying, and effective President whom the United States desperately needs. With his character,...

Jul 25, 2019, 11:39 PM

Embracing the religious obligations of the ADA, rather than the faith exemption

Illustrative. A woman sitting in a wheelchair. (Shutterstock)

Judaism fundamentally obligates Jews in the Americans with Disabilities Act -- despite the loophole of a faith exemption

Jan 20, 2014, 2:55 PM

On the rights of non-Orthodox rabbis, where’s the outrage?

Now that Israel's Chief Rabbinate has recognized Avi Weiss, where's the outrage over the rights of 4,000 other US rabbis?

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About Me

Rabbi Julie Schonfeld is CEO emerita of the Rabbinical Assembly (RA), the association of the world’s Conservative movement rabbis and founder of Leading Ethics, which helps organizations grow by building trust. She also served on the President’s Advisory Council on Faith-based and Neighborhood Partnerships.