Rabbi Rachel Gurevitz
Rachel Gurevitz is the Senior Rabbi of Congregation B'nai Shalom, Westborough, MA. In her congregation she is helping individuals to nourish and deepen their own path to positive Jewish living. Her passions include working on interfaith interaction and cooperation, music, chant, and meditation, and Jewish mysticism. Rachel was ordained at Hebrew Union College where she completed the rabbinic studies she began at Leo Baeck College, London. Prior to this, she received her B.S. and Ph.D. degrees from University College, London, researching, consulting and publishing on environmental and sustainable development education from a multi-disciplinary perspective.
Articles by Rabbi Rachel Gurevitz
Like Ruth, I’m an Immigrant
I am an immigrant to the United States. I am the holder of a green card—the documentation that gives me ...
Can We Talk About Israel?
A week after we celebrated the 66th anniversary of the founding of the modern State of Israel, I’ve been reflecting ...
Sterling NBA Ban: So It’s Finished?
“So it’s finished?” I heard one commentator on local NPR ask sarcastically in a discussion about the NBA decision to ...
Passover Parody – “Let Us Go!”
While we certainly were not the first to realize how much fun it would be to re-write the words to ...
Rituals and Relationships to Enhance Your Passover Seder
This week, my partner and I sat down to plan our seder. For us, this involves much more than deciding ...
Torah From Life, or Life From Torah?
One of the conversations that I had early in rabbinic school about how we connect to the wisdom of Torah ...
A Judaism That Works For All
Last week my Facebook feed was busy lining up responses to two online articles that got a lot of professional ...
Wrestling with the Ethics of the Sochi Olympics
With the Sochi Olympics starting today, Rachel Gurevitz takes to the Rabbis Without Borders blog to examine the anti-gay laws currently in place ...
Wrestling with the Ethics of the Sochi Olympics
The more I read and learn about what has been happening in Russia, the more I am afraid for its ...
Jews and Tattoos: Navigating a new landscape
Once a month at our family Shabbat service we ask families to submit questions in advance in what, in lieu ...