Category: Rabbi Rachel Nussbaum

January 2, 2019

Cultivating Communities of Obligation: An Alternate Path to Commandedness

CLI Forum Rabbi Rachel Nussbaum 0 Comments

I have distinct memories of my rabbinical school interview more than 20 years ago. I sailed smoothly through discussions about my Jewish background and why I wanted to go to rabbinical school, and then squirmed uncomfortably as I struggled to answer a theological question posed to me around the topic of commandedness. While my religious […]

October 31, 2014

Want to Build a Healthier Jewish Community? – Nourish Informal Social Networks

CLI Forum Rabbi Rachel Nussbaum 0 Comments

Eight years ago, a group of individuals in Seattle began asking the question: If we were to create a new kind of Jewish community, specifically designed to meet the needs of 21st century Jews, what would it look like and how would it be organized? How would it meet the increasing gap between the needs […]