Response from the EditorPride & Prejudice Letter to the Editor, “With all due respect, what does this trivial nonsense have to do with the alarming sharp rise in politically correct antisemitism and anti-zionism? Shouldn’t members of Jewish organizations learning how to defend themselves both verbally and physically have priority over “Pride and Prejudice”?” Sincerely,Michael Perloff …
BEYOND KERUV…Looking back and moving ahead by Steven Mandel MD What is Keruv? In the context of the FJMC and Conservative Judaism, Keruv focuses on welcoming interfaith couples and families into synagogue life, rather than allowing differences in religious backgrounds to become barriers to participation. Keruv can include, welcoming interfaith families, supporting Jewish identity, educating …
Healthy hearts and minds: The goals of three informative FJMC publications By Stan Schnitzer If you’ve been a member of FJMC for some time, you’ve likely noticed that we’ve consolidated some of our messaging and information to be more concise and timely, without bombarding our members with constant emails. At the same time, our …
Celebrating the LGBTQ+ Jewish community FJMC International is pleased to join organizing partners USY and Tzedek Center as a co-sponsor of a new initiative to highlight the contributions of LGBTQ+ Jews to the Conservative/Masorti Movement. Dubbed “Shabbat Across the Movement: Hineinu – Here Now & Always,” the new program is designed to celebrate “a …
High Holidays on the Silk Roadby Bob Watts Image of Bukhara by Euyasik shared under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license. My wife Linda and I arrived in Uzbekistan in August of 2001 to take up our posts at the U.S. Embassy in Tashkent. With us were our children, Vega, 6, and Zach, just …
Asked and Answered The topic of this edition of Pride & Prejudice is how we can be more welcoming and inclusive during the High Holidays (and beyond). With that in mind, we asked and you answered: Question 1: What’s one thing you can do to ensure traditionally marginalized members in your Jewish community feel comfortable …
Our Baby is Growing Up!by Jerry Brodsky Letter from the Chair: “Promote acceptance, embrace our differences, and create a sense of belonging.” Pride & Prejudice was born two years ago during several conversations with members of our Inclusion Initiative when we wanted to find a way to discuss how all of us could be more …
My Remembrance of Yom Kippur as a Childby Aaron Altman I grew up in Union City, New Jersey, just a short bus ride from midtown Manhattan, but in many ways my childhood felt worlds apart from the glitter and noise of the city. My parents were Holocaust survivors, and in our home being Jewish was …
The Empty Seat by Steven Mandel MDVP Outreach and EngagementNew York Metro FJMC On Rosh Hashanah, as JH gathers his family, his wife and two sons, he looks at the empty chair that his third son Sam sat in before he left for what appears to be forever. He has a feeling of regret, longing, …
Art, Judaism, Disability and Pride are all connected by Steven Mandel MDClinical professor of NeurologyHofstra NorthwellAdjunct Professor of MedicineNY Medical College There is “outsider art” also known as “art brut“, a connection with art and disability: July Disability Pride Month Art. Through activist communities and Jewish texts, The Religious Action Center has promoted disability and …
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