Rabbi Amy Eilberg
Drawing Near When it is Hardest
At this time of social isolation and fragmentation, whom do you need to draw closer to? Vayigash, one of last month’s Torah portions,...
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Rabbi Amy Eilberg
Spiritual Director, Peace and Justice Educator, Teacher of Mussar, and Author
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Rabbi Amy Eilberg
Nov 11, 20204 min
For the good of all our children: Torah for after the election
As I write, I do not yet know who has won the presidential election. You might not know either. In this period of suspense and...
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Rabbi Amy Eilberg
Sep 24, 20203 min
Who by Virus and Who by Fire?
I’m so grateful that I don’t read the words of the machzor (High Holiday prayerbook) literally. If I believed that there were an...
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Rabbi Amy Eilberg
Aug 2, 20202 min
The Days of Awe are Here
Not to worry. Rosh Hashana does not begin until the evening of September 18th. There’s still time to prepare. But we have been living...
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Rabbi Amy Eilberg
Jul 31, 20204 min
In Our Time of Exile, We are Not Alone
Tisha B’Av came early this year. We have been mourning and contemplating collective losses since early March, when the pandemic hit.
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Rabbi Amy Eilberg
Jun 12, 20203 min
Sound the Trumpets of Justice for All
I can only hope that the agony of these weeks will serve as a sound of the trumpets, awakening our nation to the institutional racism.
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Rabbi Amy Eilberg
May 17, 20203 min
The Pandemic as a Teacher
Who do you want to be when the virus has passed? How will you have changed?
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Rabbi Amy Eilberg
Apr 25, 20204 min
A mysterious disease strikes
When we have come through this, let us turn our pain, fear and loneliness into a new way of being with others and as citizens of the world.
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Rabbi Amy Eilberg
Mar 9, 20203 min
Remembering all the commands to remember
Let us not let the hate-mongers rob us of what we most cherish. Let us not fail to remember & celebrate that which is most precious to us.
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Rabbi Amy Eilberg
Feb 21, 20204 min
What Kind of Country Does This?
Of all the people I met during my trip last month to the U.S.-Mexico border, one person’s face haunts me. Maria (not her real name) sat...
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Rabbi Amy Eilberg
Jan 18, 20203 min
The Balance between Righteousness and Self-Righteousness
Ometz lev is a quality of willingness to speak truth to power and also a quality of the heart: strength tempered by love and gentleness.
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Rabbi Amy Eilberg
Dec 15, 20193 min
Can Two Readings of a Text Both Be Right?
Which of two well-known readings of this text is correct?
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Rabbi Amy Eilberg
Oct 19, 20193 min
In the Sukkah, as in life, we are both vulnerable and safe
Ten months after the Loma Prieta earthquake in 1989, I moved to Palo Alto. When our first Sukkot arrived, members of the Jewish community...
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Rabbi Amy Eilberg
Sep 18, 20193 min
Can I Really Change?
Rabbi Levi Yitzhak teaches that with every breath we take, God breathes life into us as on the day of creation.
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Rabbi Amy Eilberg
Aug 25, 20193 min
In these trying times, what are we to do? Here's an answer from Torah.
We must arise from our posture of humility in order to practice transformative love, emulate God’s ways and spend our lives in service.
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Rabbi Amy Eilberg
Aug 16, 20193 min
Why This Rabbi Protested U.S. Immigration Policy on Tish'a B'av
I have been to many demonstrations at Palo Alto City Hall. But there was something special about the one on Aug. 11, for Tish'a B'Av.
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Rabbi Amy Eilberg
Jul 4, 20193 min
Leading with Fear or with Faith
The Israelite spies were sent on a sacred mission and they failed spectacularly. Why? Because they let fear overpower them, overwhelming...
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Rabbi Amy Eilberg
May 8, 20193 min
Scapegoats on the Streets of San Francisco
This year I can visualize the scapegoat being cast out by the community, because I have seen it on the streets of San Francisco.
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Rabbi Amy Eilberg
Mar 29, 20193 min
An Answer to What Ails Our Society
Still aching from the horror of the massacre at the mosques in New Zealand, I found myself at a remarkable gathering last week. It was...
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Rabbi Amy Eilberg
Mar 21, 20193 min
This Year I Skipped Purim
A friend of mine says sardonically, “You’ve got to love the Megillah (the Book of Esther, on which the festival of Purim is based). It...
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