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 also a part president 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.
Tue, March 19 2024
9 Adar II 5784
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Tuesday ,
MarMarch 19 , 2024Mindful Mornings
Tuesday, Mar 19th 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 ,
MarMarch 19 , 2024Tuesday Religious School
Tuesday, Mar 19th 4:00p to 6:00p
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Tuesday ,
MarMarch 19 , 2024To Hold and Be Held: A Workshop for Boston Prayer Leaders With R. Deborah Sacks Mintz
Tuesday, Mar 19th 7:30p to 9:00p
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Thursday ,
MarMarch 21 , 2024Mindful Mornings
Thursday, Mar 21st 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. -
Thursday ,
MarMarch 21 , 2024New Member Meeting with Welcoming Committee
Thursday, Mar 21st 7:00p to 8:00p
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Saturday ,
MarMarch 23 , 2024Shabbat Zachor Morning Services
Shabbat, Mar 23rd 10:00a to 12:00p
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Saturday ,
MarMarch 23 , 2024Purim Party and Spiel!
Shabbat, Mar 23rd 7:00p to 9:00p
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Saturday ,
MarMarch 23 , 2024Purim Teen Space
Shabbat, Mar 23rd 7:00p to 9:00p
Join the Dorshei Tzedek community for a playful, silly, and joyous Purim Party and Spiel! -
Sunday ,
MarMarch 24 , 2024Sunday Religious School: Purim Party! (Nitzanim Open House)
Sunday, Mar 24th 9:30a to 12:00p
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Sunday ,
MarMarch 24 , 2024Aleph-Bet, No Sweat!
Sunday, Mar 24th 10:45a to 12:00p
All are welcome to join Rabbinic Intern Akiva for an opportunity to learn the Hebrew alphabet.
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