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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.
Sat, January 28 2023
6 Shevat 5783
Upcoming Events
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Saturday ,
JanJanuary 28 , 2023Mindful Shabbat
Shabbat, Jan 28th 8:45a to 9:45a
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Saturday ,
JanJanuary 28 , 2023Shabbat Morning Services
Shabbat, Jan 28th 10:00a to 12:00p
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Saturday ,
JanJanuary 28 , 2023Shabbat Learner's Minyan
Shabbat, Jan 28th 10:00a to 12:00p
Join Akiva Nelson, CDT’s Rabbinic Intern, for the upcoming Learner’s Minyan, where we will explore the meaning, history, choreography, and structure of the Shabbat morning prayer service. This is a 4-week course, from 10-12 p.m. on Saturday mornings (Jan. 21st, 28th, Feb. 4th, and 11th @ 2nd Church). -
Saturday ,
JanJanuary 28 , 2023Havdalah in Honor of Melissa Colten
Shabbat, Jan 28th 5:00p to 6:30p
5:00-6:00 pm: Havdalah, schmoozing, and program (masks mandatory) 6:00-6:30 pm: L’chaim and nosh (masks optional) -
Sunday ,
JanJanuary 29 , 2023Sunday Religious School
Sunday, Jan 29th 9:30a to 12:00p
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Sunday ,
JanJanuary 29 , 2023Kitah Zayin Family Ed
Sunday, Jan 29th 9:30a to 12:00p
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Sunday ,
JanJanuary 29 , 2023GBIO Housing Teach In
Sunday, Jan 29th 2:00p to 3:30p
CDT's GBIO Core Team will be getting into the details with you about the Housing Justice Campaign that is currently launching. -
Sunday ,
JanJanuary 29 , 2023January HBT & CDT High School Youth Group Collaboration!
Sunday, Jan 29th 5:00p to 7:00p
Join Dorshei Tzedek’s High School Youth Group for an interactive and connective excursion to the Congregation Hillel B’Nei Torah’s youth space! -
Tuesday ,
JanJanuary 31 , 2023Mindful Mornings
Tuesday, Jan 31st 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 ,
JanJanuary 31 , 2023Tuesday Religious School
Tuesday, Jan 31st 4:00p to 6:00p
Zmanim
Alot Hashachar | 5:36am |
Earliest Tallit | 6:09am |
Netz (Sunrise) | 7:03am |
Latest Shema | 9:30am |
Zman Tefillah | 10:20am |
Chatzot (Midday) | 11:58am |
Mincha Gedola | 12:23pm |
Mincha Ketana | 2:51pm |
Plag HaMincha | 3:52pm |
Shkiah (Sunset) | 4:54pm |
Havdalah | 5:44pm |
Tzeit Hakochavim | 5:38pm |
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