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We wanted a traditional Jewish wedding, but, as two women, we weren’t a traditional Jewish couple. 

The tassel on my graduation hat that upgrades me to “graduate” status fails to display the very core of my education: the journey.

Shavuot has yet to capture the imagination of most liberal Jews. Why is that? 

I first suggested a ritual for how we might use Jewish symbols and traditions when faced with closing up the home of a deceased parent shortly after the death of my mother in April 2001.

When you have the potential for endless leisure, how do you create a satisfying balance of work and leisure? 

Rabbi Deborah Glanzberg-Krainin, Ph.D. interviewed her friend and colleague Rabbi Vivie Mayer about ritual mourning following her father’s death.

We encourage Ritualwell readers to find their own ways of keeping freedom in their hearts this week.

But what does it mean to honor our departed beloveds by remembering? For me, it means to give kavod, to let their lives have some weight in ours, so that we can be transformed.

In the Jewish tradition we have prayers to mark many phases of the grieving process.  We find comfort when we recite El Maley Rachamim at the funeral, kaddish throughout the mourning period, and yizkor prayers at key moments throughout the year.  

Releasing my poems allowed me to offer love and care to other women who suffer miscarriage.