Shira Freidlin received her Bachelor of Fine Arts in Film and TV from New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts. She holds a Master of Arts in Jewish Education from the Davidson School of Education at the Jewish Theological Seminary of America. Shira began her career in Jewish education at her home shul, B’nai Israel of Rumson,…
Florence is currently an Executive Editor and has been a contributing writer since 2004 for Jlife magazine, an Orange County Jewish publication. She enjoys the opportunity to meet diverse members of the Jewish community.
Avi has served as a hazzan for more than eighteen years. His posts have included Mosaic Law Congregation in Sacramento, Temple Beth Sholom in Las Vegas, and Congregation Bet Shalom in Tucson, Arizona, where he currently serves.
In the aftermath of devastating tragedies, readers from Brooklyn, as well as from my community in Maryland and in Virginia, have reached out to ask for a discussion of Divine Justice and what to do when bad things happen to good people.
Thesis Title: SOUL AND SPIRIT IN THE WORKPLACE: THE CASE FOR INTERFAITH WORKPLACE CHAPLAINCY PROJECTED THROUGH A JEWISH LENS (2011) Abstract: Businesses are becoming more aware of the need for employee spiritual expression in the workplace, and these organizations present to the chaplaincy profession the opportunity for a new venue in which to provide pastoral…
Thesis Title: THE TRANSDENOMINATIONAL PHENOMENON: Contribution or Curse to the Jewish Community (2006)
Thesis Title: THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS (A MEMORIAL BOOKLET) (2010) Abstract: I wrote this book for anyone who considers him/herself a spiritual person. I used the medium of the Jewish faith as my source. In particular, I draw upon the Hebrew Bible. This little book will resonate in anyone who believes in One God, Creator of our…
Thesis Title *JEWISH REGENERATION AFTER THE SHOAH: The Midrashic Process And The Search For A Post-Shoah Theology (2011) Email: Tiknet18@sbcglobal.net
Email: RabbiGreene@aol.com Article – In remembrance of Rabbi Guy “Hillel” Greene
Thesis Title: *JEWISH YEARNING FOR ZION: How the Biblical Hebrew Language Laid the Groundwork for A Unified Expression of Yearning for Zion (2013) Email: dovgottesfeld@gmail.com