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- Silverman, who grew up secular but worked as a congregational rabbi in Maryland and as a Jewish educator in Boston, is now trying to reshape the Jewish world a third time. She has just finished writing a book on adoption — two of her five children are adopted — and hopes to launch a campaign for altruistic adoption in Israel.
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In 1997, she and her husband, co-authored the book Jewish Family and Life: Traditions, Holidays, and Values for Today’s Parents and Children. [1] She worked as a congregational rabbi in Maryland , and as a Jewish educator in Boston , and moved to Israel in 2006.
May 23, 2016 · Now Silverman is a rabbi living in Israel and a mother to five children, two of whom were adopted from Ethiopia. She tells Fresh Air's Terry Gross that her faith helps her deal with her anxiety....
Jun 14, 2018 · When Jerusalem-based Rabbi Susan Silverman was growing up in the United States, her parents brought foster children into their family’s home. “I saw, close up, what it meant for children to ...
On The Jewish Practice Of Wrapping Tefillin: Susan Silverman: The [Israeli] law was that women can’t dress in what is traditionally men’s garb, like a prayer shawl and tefillin (which is ...
Jun 9, 2016 · Silverman, a Reform rabbi, sought an Orthodox conversion for her Ethiopian-born son, a culture clash of epic proportions. “I thought about calling the Unitarians,” she cracks.
Oct 9, 2014 · His wife, Susan Silverman, is an activist rabbi, author, and adoption advocate. Both turn up regularly on lists of “Most Influential Jews,” from the Jerusalem Post, which wedged Abramowitz (CAS’86) between Natan Sharansky and Jon Stewart one year, to the Jewish Forward, which dubbed Silverman a
Rabbi Susan Silverman is a writer and activist. Her passions are international adoption, refugees and Jewish pluralism. She is currently completing a book, Casting Lots: A 21st Century Creation Story. She and her husband have five children and live in Jerusalem.
