OpendorprojectAug 284 minAugust SpotlightAn idiosyncratic community rooted in the Venice, CA culture popularized by Hendricks, Oingo Boingo and Ray Bradbury, Open Temple re-encha...
OpendorprojectJul 13 minSummer SpotlightA perspective from Rabbi Rachel Goldenberg of Malkhut in Queens, NY. My kids’ first protest was a Black Lives Matter march in Hartford, C...
OpendorprojectMay 15 minMay Spotlight - Three Years of CoHere by Rabbi Ari MofficWhen I launched CoHere, I wasn’t truly sure what it was meant to be. I knew that unaffiliated families wanted to access convenient, affor...
OpendorprojectMar 312 minMarch UpdatesDear Friends, We are all living in a new reality. For some of us, we have been social distancing for weeks and are in some kind of new rh...
OpendorprojectMar 43 min2020 Convening RecapShalom Friends, The Open Dor Project rabbis joined together for three days this month. We met at El Capitan Canyon, outside of Santa Bar...
OpendorprojectJan 313 minJanuary SpotlightShalom Friends, I’m writing this to you on a cold January day. It can be so easy to curl up, absorbed with distressing news from around ...
OpendorprojectDec 26, 20192 minHappy ChanukahShalom friends, I love the metaphors of bringing light into the world at this season, cliched as they can sometimes become. We can’t alwa...
OpendorprojectDec 26, 20193 minNovember Spotlighta note from the director Shalom friends, As we prepare to celebrate Thanksgiving this week, I’m once again struck by the values that Juda...
OpendorprojectNov 1, 20192 minOctober Spotlighta note from the director Shalom friends, I hope you’ve all had a meaningful High Holy Day season. As we transition from living a few week...
OpendorprojectAug 29, 20193 minSummer Spotlighta note from the director This summer, the Open Dor Project is celebrating success and marking growth and change. I’m writing to introduce...
Community VoicesMay 20, 20194 minTransitioning from an Organization Doing Jewish Work to a Jewish OrganizationMay 20, 2019 By eJP By David Cygielman Since its inception, Moishe House has always been engaged in Jewish work, but it has only been wit...
Community VoicesApr 3, 20194 minOpen Dor Project Spring RoundupIt's just a little over two weeks until Pesach, and haggadot, plague finger puppets, and ping-pong ball hail are just starting to reappea...
OpendorprojectFeb 21, 20193 minJewish Spiritual Startups: So Much More than "Outreach"Being "emergent" is in these days. Everywhere you look, our traditional spiritual institutions are hosting gatherings outside their norm...
Community VoicesFeb 6, 20193 minJudaism Unbound Episode 105: The Well - Dan HorwitzDan and Lex are joined by Dan Horwitz, Founding Director of The Well, [1] an inclusive Jewish community-building initiative geared toward...
OpendorprojectJan 18, 20194 minSeeding the futureTu Bishvat is right around the corner, and our community of spiritual startups is busy planting the seeds of reinvigorated Jewish spiritu...
OpendorprojectJan 10, 20191 minThe Covenant Foundation Ignition GrantCongratulation to our cohort members Jewish Studio Project on being a recipient of a new The Covenant Foundation Ignition grant! This gra...
Community VoicesJan 4, 20192 minJudaism Unbound Episode 115: Beloved - Sara Luria, Isaac LuriaDan and Lex are joined by Sara and Isaac Luria, founders of Beloved, a home-based spiritual community in Brooklyn. [1] Their conversation...
OpendorprojectDec 6, 20183 minThe Light Of Co-CreationOur tradition has long taught that we are co-creators with God in building the world we wish to see. So it only makes sense that Jewish s...
OpendorprojectNov 14, 20186 minWhat does "Just Jewish" really look like?It's been five years since 2013's now famous A Portrait of Jewish Americans. One of the big takeaways from this report was the huge numb...
Community VoicesNov 14, 20181 min2018 Pomegranate Prize Awarded to 5 Emerging Jewish Educators Five emerging Jewish educators received the 2018 Covenant Foundation Pomegranate Prize today at the annual Pomegranate Prize ceremony. ...
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