Rabbi Rachel Bearman

In tractate Sanhedrin 17b of the Babylonian Talmud, we read: A Torah scholar is not allowed to live in a city that does not have these 10...

One of the most powerful and important motifs that we find in the High Holy Day prayer book is the idea of the Book of Life. On Rosh...

God bless you, America, the shelter that my ancestors sought when their children were threatened by state-sponsored persecution. God...

I used to wonder how the Egyptians felt when they saw infants condemned as enemies and threats. I used to wonder what Shifra and Puah...

Earlier this week, Attorney General Jeff Sessions used a quote from the New Testament to support the brutal separation of children and...

In this week’s Torah portion, Sh’lach L’cha, Moses chose leaders from each tribe to form a company of scouts that would journey into the...

To the creators of television, movies, books, and whatever else captures the attention of the masses these days. I’m writing to remind...

Several weeks ago, I was teaching at a Hebrew School assembly, and I asked my students if they could tell me what midrash is.  After a...

A Sermon Delivered on March 23, 2018 This week, I’ve spent some time thinking about my first bible class in Rabbinical School. One of...

Our God, my God, God who walks with us through the trials and the dangers of our lives, God who grieves with us as we weep over our...

Dear Rachel, Hey lady! It's your 31 year old self again. I can't believe it. It's finally time for you to celebrate becoming a Bat...

Dear Helen, I am writing to you today to introduce myself as one of your great-great-granddaughters. I have been studying our family’s...

Tonight we have prayed with words written by women and we have prayed to a God who we described in feminine language. On the surface,...

**Spoilers for The Force Awakens and The Last Jedi** I’ve been looking forward to seeing The Last Jedi pretty much since I watched the...

God of our mothers, our grandmothers, our sisters, our wives, and our daughters... God of Miriam, Tzipporah, Esther, and Ruth... God of...

I found this photograph of me standing awkwardly next to a rather homely looking Easter Bunny on a recent trip to Memphis. Upon...

In the opening verses of this week’s Torah portion, Lech Lecha, we watch as God calls to Abram and tells him to leave the only life and...

We pray to honor the women in our lives and in our world who felt strong and safe enough to use #MeToo to share their stories and their...

I have a deep devotion to the exercise of Torah study. When I was sixteen years old, I decided to become a rabbi, and the first step...

Tonight, I want to talk with you about the concept of sin. I recognize that for many of us who belong to modern, liberal, religious...