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Nov 21, 2022, 7:20 AM

Some Losses Are Secret Until They Aren’t

Some losses are secret. No matter how much we wish to share, it must remain so. I am speaking about fertility. Perhaps a person is very private. Perhaps their partner is very private. Perhaps our family tradition forbids the sharing...

Aug 1, 2021, 8:03 PM

Reflections on Parshat Eikev

We are now in the middle of the Olympic Games in Tokyo. The Olympics began on Friday, July 23rd and will conclude on Sunday August 8th. The day after the Olympics, the Jewish people will enter into the Hebrew...

Jul 8, 2019, 12:20 PM

A Tribute to Joseph Ambrus

The Shoah exposed humanity at its worst and best. From 1942 to the end of the war, a Christian family living in a home protected by the Swiss government hid a little boy, named Joseph Ambrus, and his maternal...

Apr 24, 2019, 12:35 PM

My Experience with Women of the Wall at their 30th Anniversary at the Kotel

By Guest Columnist Rose Ashford I was in Israel during the summer of 2016 and attended a 7:00 am Rosh Hodesh service at the Kotel with Women of the Wall. The primary purpose of our trip was a “dual narrative”...

Sep 12, 2016, 11:41 AM

Calling Courageous Tourists: Plan Your Next Vacation in Instanbul

Istanbul is a beautiful city. It is a city on the water and it is a city that is partly in Europe and partly in Asia. Istanbul has three waterways: The Golden Horn, the Bosphorus, and the Sea of...

Aug 12, 2016, 6:31 AM

Stopping Voter Suppression by Galvanizing Voters to Speak Up for Their Rights

This story took place in Guilford County, North Carolina, but it could have taken place in any democracy. The right to vote is key to a nation being democratic. Voter suppression stands at odds with democracy and thwarts the...

Aug 2, 2016, 6:39 AM

The Jewish People: A Faith, Not a Race

I wish to dedicate this article to my esteemed colleague Dr. Saji Varghese, Associate Professor of Philosophy at Lady Keane College, in Shillong, Meghalaya, India. Dr. Varghese asked, “Please help me understand, are Jews a race? If not, why...

Jun 16, 2016, 9:28 AM

The Kotel debacle

A planned egalitarian prayer service will protest "desecration" at Robinson’s Arch by Jerusalem's chief rabbi

Feb 11, 2016, 7:56 PM

Regarding the Kotel Compromise

The Kotel compromise is like manna. (Exodus 16:4) The sages say that manna tasted like whatever the Israelites felt like eating, but Rashi quotes Midrash Sifri to explain that manna could not taste like cucumber, melon, leek, garlic or...

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About Me

Pam Frydman is a Hospice Chaplain with Tufts Medicine Care at Home based in Massachusetts. She served as founding Rabbi of Or Shalom Jewish Community in San Francisco and Interim Rabbi of Congregation B'nai Emunah (now Am Tikvah) in San Francisco and Congregation P'nai Tikvah in Las Vegas. She is a past President of the Northern California Board of Rabbis and author of "Calling on God; Sacred Jewish Teachings for Seekers of All Faiths."

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