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
Drake & YOUR Multicultural Bar or Bat Mitzvah
Drake’s recent SNL skit (see below), perhaps unwittingly but then again perhaps not, highlighted how a bar or bat mitzvah ...
My Children Won’t be Jews Like Me
I’ve done everything “right”: given my children Jewish education, sent them to Jewish camps, spent time with them in Israel ...
A Remarkable Journey from Ethiopia to Israel to Petaluma, CA
Israeli Maor Sanbata came to the United States this past summer to be a counselor at Camp Be’chol Lashon. Born ...
The Sultan’s Curse
Iris Aluf Medina was born and raised in Turkey and now lives in San Francisco. We met up with this ...
Beyond Latkes: Hanukkah Around the World
Rabbi discusses Jewish Hanukkah Holiday traditions from around the world
What to Get: The Bar or Bat Mitzvah Gift
What gift to get for a Bar or Bat Mitzvah? The challenge with gifts for a life cycle event is ...
Our Daughters’ Tallitot
In the fortunate cases it is the grandparents, often it is the parents, and sometimes even a sibling who stands ...
Joy as an Answer to Death
“How do I go on?” I was asked recently at a service following the death of a beautiful woman in ...
Give Up the Guilt: A Proposal for the New Year
Here is a radical proposal for the New Year, forget the guilt, instead, lean into what you love to become ...
Where Children Pray
“Why do we pray?” I asked before we entered our makeshift sanctuary. We had gathered at the cabins. Dressed in ...