Ruth Abusch-Magder
Rabbi Ruth Abusch-Magder PhD. is the Rabbi-in-Residence at Be'chol Lashon and the editor of the blog Jewish&. A culinary historian and mother of 2, she lives and meditates in San Francisco. Follow her on Twitter @rabbiruth
Articles by Ruth Abusch-Magder
The Middle School Prayer
Middle school is hard. Bodies betray young people as they lurch uncertainly towards adulthood. Emotions rear up and overtake sensibility ...
The Jewish World At My Door
I love the idea of the global nature of the Jewish world a lot. I love the reality even more. ...
Let Your Kids Forget Their Lunch
The other day my son called just as I was getting ready to lock the front door. He had forgotten ...
Let’s Get Real About Marriage and Parenting
“Being a diplomat is no career for a woman who wants to have a family,” said the consul.“By the time ...
Intermarriage and Multicultural Families
Like it or not, intermarriage is a fact in Jewish life.And for the most part the Jewish community has learned ...
Wrong Blessing. Right.
Three weeks had passed since they had put my daughter’s hand in a cast. A small misstep while working with ...
Why Choose Judaism?
But why would they choose Judaism?This is a question I hear often. In my work helping to celebrate the racial and ...
Blue Jews
There are white Jews, Black Jews, Asian Jews, and Arab Jews – but blue Jews? No, no such thing exists. ...
Kosher McDonalds and Jewish Cowboys
In 1850 two men found themselves standing under a tree near the famous Recoleta Cemetery in the center of Buenos ...
Traveling the World to Ensure the Jewish Future
I’m going to be busy this coming week. I’m heading to Israel, England, Iran, Canada, China and Jamaica. There will ...