Clergy Blog

Ministers March for Justice, Washington, DC  on August 28, 2017 & Livingston Candlelight Vigil : Unite against Hate on September 4, 2017 by Rabbi Faith Joy Dantowitz On August 28, the 54th anniversary of Martin Luther King, Jr.’s Dream,  3,000 ministers and lay...

Well, of course you do. But I mean, do you read?  Are you like me, can't imagine life without books? Eighteen years ago I started the TBA Book Group for people like us, who read to learn, be provoked, explore worlds beyond us and inside us and, of course, have fun....

Rabbi Elliott Tepperman of B'nai Keshet organized a community Tisha B'Av service outside the Elizabeth Detention Center (ICE). Clergy from many synagogues led the service which included the chanting of Eicha (Lamentations) and reading of the entire book. The history...

Sometimes you make unexpected connections. Volunteering with the Newark Conservancy, I learned of its ongoing need for barrels to collect rain.  I happened to mention this to TBA member Rich Kesselhaut, who responded, “I have more barrels than I know what to do...

Dear Fellow TBA Members, On the fourth Sunday each month, the Social Action Committee joins our partners, the NAACP of the Oranges and Maplewood and Elmwood United Presbyterian Church, in Café 5000, an effort in which we gather at the church to serve a hot meal to the...

The Women’s Rabbinic Network is an organization for women rabbis of the Reform movement. This year’s biennial convention was held in Baltimore last week, and the theme for our time together was Sh’ma Koleinu—hear our voices. The goal of the convention was to learn...

Dear Friends, One week each year, we open our spiritual home to those in need through the Interfaith Hospitality Network. Mothers and fathers, sons and daughters, men and women. By warmly welcoming others here, we engage in one of the greatest Mitzvot.  Most are...