The first book published by FAITH is available now!

If you are interested in ordering this wonderful book in bulk,
please contact Sue Weiss:
stonebluffsue@gmail.com
or call 760-845-0333 for more
information.

Married to the Rabbi:
Sixty Spouses of Retired Reform Rabbis in Their Own Words 

Available on Amazon in paperback or ebook

https://www.amazon.com/dp/1734393009/

This volume of essays provides an inside view into the world of the Reform rabbi's spouse and family in a period of American Jewish life since World War II, a time of major changes. Their moving, funny, and insightful stories add vital texture to our understanding of the history of American Judaism. 

"Married to the Rabbi is a sometimes delightful, sometimes upsetting, but always interesting view into the world of the Reform rabbi's spouse and family in a period of American Jewish life that is already becoming history. That world -- and the role rabbinic spouses have played in it -- too often has been both misunderstood and undervalued. Naomi Patz and Judith Maslin have assembled and edited a fascinating book."
~Jeffrey Stiffman, Rabbi Emeritus of Congregation Shaare Emeth in St. Louis, Missouri is immediate past president of THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF RETIRED REFORM RABBIS.

This volume describes how the role of the rebbetzin has changed in the past seventy years. Cognizant of the significance of their lives as rabbis' spouses, fifty-nine women (and one man) have documented their experiences for future generations. What a treat to hear their voices! Their moving, funny, and insightful stories add vital texture to our understanding of the history of American Judaism since World War II, a time of major changes. The essays portray the many ways in which rabbis' spouses -- some of whom are proud to call themselves "rebbetzin" and others who totally reject the title (if not the role) -- have played a key function in furthering Jewish life. Their essays give us a rich appreciation of the significant role that Reform rabbis' wives played in the expansion of American Jewish synagogue life and the opportunities marriage to a rabbi provided for women who felt called to religious leadership in the era before they could become rabbis. Consciously or not, they have modeled female religious leadership for future generations of American Jewish women and thus paved the way for the talented women rabbis and communal leaders who enrich the Jewish world today.
~Dr. Shuly Rubin Schwartz, author of the award winning The Rabbi's Wife: The Rebbetzin in American Jewish Life, is Provost of the Jewish Theological Seminary and Irving Lehrman Professor of American Jewish History.



FAITH President Mark L. Winer Becomes
First American-born Rabbi To Receive Royal Honor From Queen Elizabeth!


Rabbi Winer Named Member of of the
Order of the British Empire for Outstanding Interfaith Work
see the ceremony here!


Mark Winer and Queen Elizabeth

 

In the news:

Winning Friends of Other Faiths-
Dealing with anti-Islamic prejudice plays the principal role in most Muslims' lives, as dealing with anti-Semitism once did in ours. When Jews protest Islamophobia, we can build friendships.

Jewish Telegraphic Agency:
American-born Rabbi honored by Queen Elizabeth II


Gannet Papers:
Queen names former White Plains rabbi to Order of the British Empire


The Jewish Week:
Praise For An American in London

Read more in this news release PDF!


KIck Start Peace

How Does Peace Happen?

Peace can happen when Palestinian Arab teenagers and Israeli Jewish teenagers play soccer on the same team.

In its first year (2011-2012), KickStart Peace combined teenage Arab boys from the Arab town of Abu Ghosh with an equal number of Jewish boys from the neighboring Jewish boarding school of Kiryat Yearim, under an Arab coach and a Jewish coach.

The two communities hired the coaches. FAITH engaged a Jewish youth worker and an Arab youth worker to work with the boys and their families through the Interreligious Coordinating Council in Israel (ICCI). The Arab and Jewish boys on the KickStart Peace team learned to build peace.

Sharing their languages of Arabic and Hebrew, exchanging home visits, learning about each others' religions, the teenagers became ambassadors of peace, as well as outstanding soccer players, winning first place in their league!

Learn more....


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On a daily basis, the media highlight
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The attacks of September 11 exemplify interfaith intolerance. In Darfur, Sri Lanka, Rwanda, Bosnia, and Auschwitz—as throughout history— more lives have been lost as a result of religious and ethnic hatred than any other single cause. In contrast, FAITH envisions a reconciled humanity where religious diversity is a source of strength.


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FAITH teaches religious groups to view each other with mutual respect and to celebrate difference.

 

 

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