Sarah Rudolph
By Sarah Rudolph
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Life The Injustice Of Asking Jewish Educators To Do Unpaid Work
Once upon a time, I was young and idealistic. I was driven to a career in Jewish education by a deep passion for Torah study — despite the high likelihood of financial challenges. I yearned for the energy that comes from watching an idea click in a student’s mind, that comes from guiding a roomful…
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Life How I Learned to Love Queen Esther
llustration by Lior Zaltzman I remember when I first realized I didn’t understand Esther — possibly, didn’t even like her. It was Shabbat afternoon and a group of us were reading over the text of the megillah with a woman from my Orthodox synagogue in St. Louis. I was in junior high, with several years…
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