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Marriage and Divorce 50 Years in the Future

Divorce AND Marriage improved. Reb Ezra helps us imagine a future where the Jewish community shows up for its members going through divorce.

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The Three Weeks: A Divorcing God

An exploration of how God divorced the people Israel, the abrupt disruption to summer happenings, and the Jewish texts that help us understand.

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Pilot program aims to help Jewish families navigate divorce with compassion

Divorce First Responder is being marketed to secular as well as practicing Jews of all denominations from Reform to Orthodox, where support is often more limited.

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The DNA of the Omer

“Answers to big questions can show up in the most unexpected places.”

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‘It’s Bitter Sweet,’ What Does Judaism Say About Divorce?: A Talk With Rabbi Ezra Weinberg, Founder of Jews Get Divorce

In this episode, Rabbi Jess explores and delves into the topic of divorce with Rabbi Ezra Weinberg, examining ‘why does divorce make some people so uncomfortable?’

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What to Say to Someone Going Through Divorce: A new meaning to an old phrase

“One perk of getting divorced, I discovered, was that it unlocked a new superpower: I could connect with others going through divorce very easily. ”

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The Divorced Parents’ Guide to Planning a Bar/Bat Mitzvah

When you add the stresses of the parents to the stresses of the child, you are ripe for overwhelm. So what happens when, on top of all that pressure, you add a high conflict divorce to the equation?

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A Prayer of Thanks After Your Child’s B’nei Mitzvah When You’re Divorced

“Source of all blessing, grant me the words to describe the debt of gratitude that I must express for the miracle of getting to and through this day.”

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Divorce, The Mitzvah

“We call them `Torah Families’ because they resemble the kinds of families we see modeled all throughout our most sacred and ancient text, the Torah.”

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  • April 2023

The Case for Jewish Communal Divorce Support

Written with Ariel Collins

“Jewish tradition is most impactful when it serves to connect us with the past, ourselves and each other.”

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  • April 2023

Holy Taboo

Can something that is taboo somehow be holy?

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  • September 2023

Sukkot: What’s Divorce Got to Do with It?

Evolve Podcast: Divorce may be normal, but, in too many Jewish communities, it hasn’t been normalized.

B-Mitzvah in Divorce Land

The Jewish Divorce Project Podcast: On this episode we talk about celebration a B-Mitzvah in divorceland from a professional as well as a personal perspective.