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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.
Sun, June 4 2023
15 Sivan 5783
Upcoming Events
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Sunday ,
JunJune 4 , 2023CDT Men’s Softball Game: Tzedekmen vs Temple Reyim
Sunday, Jun 4th 10:00a to 12:00p
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Sunday ,
JunJune 4 , 2023Shivah Minyan in Memory of Phyllis Grodsky
Sunday, Jun 4th 2:00p to 4:00p
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Monday ,
JunJune 5 , 2023Shivah Minyan in Memory of Mary Hickie
Monday, Jun 5th 7:00p to 9:00p
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Tuesday ,
JunJune 6 , 2023Mindful Mornings
Tuesday, Jun 6th 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 ,
JunJune 6 , 2023Shivah Minyan in Memory of Mary Hickie
Tuesday, Jun 6th 7:00p to 9:00p
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Wednesday ,
JunJune 7 , 2023GBIO Core Team Meeting
Wednesday, Jun 7th 7:00p to 8:00p
All CDT members welcome! -
Thursday ,
JunJune 8 , 2023Mindful Mornings
Thursday, Jun 8th 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. -
Friday ,
JunJune 9 , 2023Friday Night Shorashim Shabbat and Dinner
Friday, Jun 9th 5:30p to 6:45p
Families with kids 5 and under are invited to join Morah Devora for a young children oriented Kabbalat Shabbat service! -
Friday ,
JunJune 9 , 2023All-Ages Erev Shabbat
Friday, Jun 9th 6:00p to 8:00p
All are welcome to this fun, musical, all-ages celebration of Shabbat! Candlelighting and dinner at 6, service at 6:45, and Oneg Shabbat at 7:30. -
Saturday ,
JunJune 10 , 2023Shabbat Morning Service & Bat Mitzvah of Abby Edelstein
Shabbat, Jun 10th 10:00a to 12:00p
All are welcome to join us for Shabbat morning services as we call Abby Edelstein to the Torah as a Bat Mitzvah!
Zmanim
Alot Hashachar | 3:17am |
Earliest Tallit | 4:05am |
Netz (Sunrise) | 5:09am |
Latest Shema | 8:56am |
Zman Tefillah | 10:12am |
Chatzot (Midday) | 12:43pm |
Mincha Gedola | 1:21pm |
Mincha Ketana | 5:08pm |
Plag HaMincha | 6:43pm |
Shkiah (Sunset) | 8:17pm |
Tzeit Hakochavim | 9:09pm |
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