Rabbi Rachel Bearman

I just returned from a much enjoyed vactation. I was able to spend time and celebrate simchahs (joyous moments) with my family, and I...

In Volume 1, Issue 4 of the American Jewess (Published in July 1895), Reverend Ella E. Bartlett makes obvious the dangers of failing to...

Today's ‪#‎blogelul‬ theme is ‪#‎SEARCH‬ and I've decided that I don't like it. Searching feels stressful because there's a clear...

This is the prayer God utters: May My mercy conquer My anger. In all My actions toward My children, may My compassion prevail." And this...

When you and the cantor are working hard to #prepare for the High Holy Days, the podium on the bima fills up quickly! #blogelul #elulgram...

I have decided to participate in #BlogElul again! I have to admit that I considered skipping it this year. It's been a very busy...

American Jewish History is a fascinating, complicated, compelling, and beautiful story. It may surprise you to know that Jews first came...

A St. Mary’s Girl and A Rabbi: A Chapel Talk by Rabbi Rachel Bearman I’ve wanted to be a number of things in my life. When I was really...

Do you ever think about the decisions, promises, friendships, and relationships that have shaped who you are and who your family is? I am...

My deep and abiding fascination with my family's history is a subject that demands far more than one blog entry. So for now, I'll just...

I just heard that Miss Virginia Pretti passed away on Friday. As the Head of the St. Mary’s Lower School, Miss Pretti showed each of us...

My love of Sisterhood seems to have been inevitable. After all, I am the oldest of three girls (no brothers), an alumna of an all girls...

I started attending weekly Torah study classes when I was 16. Over the past 12 years, I have covered multiple chumashim (printed...

Well, this last post is late... but I've decided that considering I was also preparing for my first HHD's at my new congregation, I did...

Learn more about myself, my congregation, my community, and my world. #Intentions5775 #hhds

After all the preparation, all of the planning, all of the work... one just has to #hope that things will go well, that people will see...

“I keep turning over new leaves, and spoiling them, as I used to spoil my copybooks; and I make so many beginnings there never will be an...

I always expect endings to be absolute and that everything about an experience can be walled off inside a discreet and manageable unit....

I've always enjoyed watching movies with epic love stories. Watching two people fall in #love just makes my heart happy. But... over...

Whenever we played TRUTH OR #DARE as kids, I always chose the "boring" option of truth. I was nervous about humiliating myself in order...