In her essay, Rabba Dina Brawer looks at the dynamic tension between home and community, reading them as two opposite poles that are both necessary. As we race to return to community, she looks seriously at the unique spiritual gifts of both the home and the community in order to create a spiritual existence that has space for everyone within its framework.
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About Rabba Dina Brawer
Rabba Dina Brawer lectures, writes, and broadcasts to wide and diverse audiences. Her areas of interest include social change, the nexus between religion and gender, values within the halakhic system, and hasidut. Her writing has appeared in Jewish publications and newspapers as well as mainstream dailies such as The Telegraph (UK) and the Sydney Herald (AU). She holds a BA in Hebrew and Jewish Studies from the University of London, an MA in Education and Psychology from the Institute of Education, London, and Rabbinic Ordination from Yeshivat Maharat. She lectures in Talmud at Tufts University and is the Assistant Head of School for Jewish Education at Gann Academy in Boston.