Rabbi Toba Spitzer
Rabbi Toba Spitzer
Rabbi Toba Spitzer has served Congregation Dorshei Tzedek since she was ordained in 1997 at the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College (RRC). She recently published God Is Here: Reimagining the Divine, a book of popular theology that is already transforming hearts, minds and lives.
Rabbi Spitzer is a popular teacher of courses on Judaism and economic justice, Reconstructionist Judaism, new approaches to thinking about God, and the practice of integrating Jewish spiritual and ethical teachings into daily life. She served as the President of the Reconstructionist Rabbinical Association from 2007-2009, and was the first LGBTQ rabbi to head a national rabbinic organization. Rabbi Spitzer has received the honor of being included in Newsweek’s Top 50 Rabbis in America 2008 list, the 2008 Forward 50 list, as well as the 2010 Forward list of 50 Female Rabbis Who Are Making A Difference. She is the immediate Past President of the Massachusetts Board of Rabbis.
Rabbi Spitzer has been involved for many years in American Jewish efforts to help foster a peaceful resolution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict as well as work in the U.S. for economic and social justice. She has served on the Board of Truah: The Rabbnic Call for Human Rights, and was a founding member of the Advisory Board of J Street. Rabbi Spitzer has a special interest in Jewish approaches to economic justice and the mindful use of money in daily life. Rabbi Spitzer’s writings on process theology, Judaism and social justice, and explorations of Biblical texts have been published in The Reconstructionist Journal and in the anthology Torah Queeries: Weekly Commentaries on the Hebrew Bible. While a student at RRC, she organized a rabbinic delegation to Haiti to serve as human rights witnesses during the military junta. The trip and resulting Haitian-Jewish seder are described in her article “Of Haiti and Horseradish”, in The Narrow Bridge: Jewish Views on Multiculturalism, edited by Marla Brettschneider.
Click here to see Rabbi Spitzer’s divrei Torah for the High Holy Days, and here for interviews and articles that have been posted elsewhere on the web. Rabbi Spitzer is a devoted and relatively patient Red Sox fan and also has a life goal of bowling in all 50 states. She has 32 down so far!
You can contact Rabbi Toba Spitzer by email at T.Spitzer@dorsheitzedek.org.
Fri, December 8 2023
25 Kislev 5784
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Friday ,
DecDecember 8 , 2023CDT Lights: Chanukah Candlelighting
Friday, Dec 8th 5:30p to 5:45p
Join us as we gather on Zoom for Chanukah blessings and candlelightings together! -
Saturday ,
DecDecember 9 , 2023Shabbat Morning Services and Bar Mitzvah of Eytan Shore
Shabbat, Dec 9th 10:00a to 12:00p
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Saturday ,
DecDecember 9 , 2023CDT Sings Rehearsal
Shabbat, Dec 9th 1:00p to 2:30p
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Saturday ,
DecDecember 9 , 2023Film Club Discussion: "Hallelujah"
Motzei Shabbat, Dec 9th 8:00p to 9:00p
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Sunday ,
DecDecember 10 , 2023Shivah Minyan in Memory of Jason Snyder
Sunday, Dec 10th 2:00p to 4:00p
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Sunday ,
DecDecember 10 , 2023All-Ages Chanukah Party & Candlelighting
Sunday, Dec 10th 4:30p to 7:00p
People of all ages are invited to celebrate Chanukah with music, treats, and activities on the third night of Chanukah! The community will gather to light Chanukah candles. -
Monday ,
DecDecember 11 , 2023CDT Lights: Chanukah Candlelighting & Maariv
Monday, Dec 11th 5:30p to 5:45p
Join us as we gather on Zoom for Chanukah blessings and candlelightings together! -
Monday ,
DecDecember 11 , 2023CDT Men’s Group: Family Estrangement and Reconciliation in Bereishit and Beyond
Monday, Dec 11th 8:00p to 9:00p
Join Rabbinic Intern Akiva for text study and discussion, focusing on the topics of family estrangement, conflict, and reconciliation. -
Tuesday ,
DecDecember 12 , 2023Mindful Mornings
Tuesday, Dec 12th 8:30a to 9:15a
This twice-weekly gathering combines guided and silent meditation to develop our capacity for mindful awareness and to cultivate qualities of patience, gratitude, and compassion. -
Tuesday ,
DecDecember 12 , 2023Tuesday Religious School: Rosh Chodesh
Tuesday, Dec 12th 4:00p to 6:00p
Zmanim
Alot Hashachar | 5:31am |
Earliest Tallit | 6:05am |
Netz (Sunrise) | 7:01am |
Latest Shema | 9:18am |
Zman Tefillah | 10:05am |
Chatzot (Midday) | 11:37am |
Mincha Gedola | 12:00pm |
Mincha Ketana | 2:17pm |
Plag HaMincha | 3:15pm |
Candle Lighting | 3:54pm |
Shkiah (Sunset) | 4:12pm |
Tzeit Hakochavim | 4:59pm |
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