Amy Small
Rabbi Amy Joy Small is the founding Rabbi and Director of Deborah's Palm Center for Jewish Learning and Experiences. She was ordained from the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College in 1987 and has served congregations in New Jersey, Michigan and Indiana. She is a past president of the Reconstructionist Rabbinical Association, with many years of board service. She is a fellow of Rabbis Without Borders and a senior fellow of the Shalom Hartman Institute. She is currently on the Board of Governors of the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College, the Jewish Federation of Metrowest NJ, National Interreligious Leadership Delegation for Peace in the Middle East, and the MetroWest NJ Partnership for Jewish Learning and Life. She was a Vice Chair for the National JNFA Rabbinic Cabinet, and served on the boards of Religions for Peace USA, the American Zionist Movement, and the Jewish Reconstructionist Federation Israel Committee. Among her interfaith activities, she co-taught an intensive course, Building Abrahamic Partnerships at the Hartford Seminary. Rabbi Small previously was Dean of Academic Administration and Director of the Education Program at the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College.
Articles by Amy Small
Talking about Rabbis
Yesterday, during preparations for the graduation ceremony for the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College, I caught a glimpse of the glow on the ...
The Orange and the Brides
The brides were sequestered in a tiny room at the banquet hall less than an hour before their wedding, fixing ...
Living in a Dumpster
Did you hear the recent story on NPR about the professor who is living in a dumpster for a year? No, not ...
Affluenza—REALLY?!
This week’s stunning headline read “Affluenza Defense Lands Wealthy Teen in Rehab After He Kills 4 People in Drunk Driving Accident.”The ...
Home
Where is home? Is it where you live, even if it is temporary? Is it where you grew up? Is ...
Looking Back on Newtown With Sadness, Anger and Love
On Friday, December 14, 2012, I heard the news in the car. Shots were being fired in an elementary school ...
The Times They Are Changing
It used to be that most Jews affiliated with a synagogue. My parents’ generation supported their synagogues and the organized ...
Yitzhak Rabin: Captain, O My Captain!
The yahrzeit for slain Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin, passed with scant notice here a few days ago on the 12th of ...
Seekers and Unaffiliated: An Opportunity
I recently met a woman who I really liked. We have a lot in common, being professionally accomplished Jewish women ...
Confessions of White America: We Have Sinned
This week America commemorates the fiftieth anniversary of the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, the massive event in ...