by Rachel Ain | Oct 13, 2023 | Feature, Opinion
Being part of a faith community often means providing comfort to those in pain. Being Jewish means being part of not only a faith community, but also being a part of a family and a global people. I am connected throughout time, over the generations and throughout...
by Rachel Ain | Jul 14, 2022 | Opinion
How does one define themselves in 2022? Through their nationality? Gender? Sexual identity? Religious (or non-religious) practice? Profession? A combination of everything? While these weren’t questions that I focused on in any meaningful way when I was a child, I knew...
by Rachel Ain | Mar 7, 2022 | Opinion
I applied to rabbinical school over 20 years ago. When asked to share a favorite piece of rabbinic literature, I decided to teach a text where the ancient rabbis “imagined” what biblical Sarah was doing during the binding of Isaac. I wanted to show that it is...
by Rachel Ain | Jan 25, 2022 | Opinion
I don’t like thinking of myself as someone where fear was a narrative thread in my life and yet, there have been moments in my life when I was taught to be afraid. As a child of the 80’s, I was terrified of AIDS. I was told not to drink and drive. I remember Nancy...
