Deborah Rood Goldman

Deborah Rood Goldman (she/her) is a longtime member of the Garden City Jewish Center in Garden City, N.Y. and the congregation’s past president. A native New Yorker, Deborah grew up on Long Island and holds a bachelor’s degree in American civilization from Brown University, as well as a master’s degree in library science from Queens College. She is a former digital communications producer on the Union for Reform Judaism.

Shabbat

The Promise of Shabbat

Deborah Rood Goldman

August 13, 2012

I was stunned the first time my then-8^th grade daughter Rebecca called me on a Friday afternoon to inform me that she wouldn’t be home for dinner. Yes, she knew it was Friday night. And yes, she understood that it was Shabbat.

Shabbat

Shabbat Meditation

Deborah Rood Goldman

August 10, 2012

I wrote this meditation when I was a member of the Shabbat Committee at Temple B’nai Or in Morristown, N.J. It is meant to be read before L’cha Dodi at Friday evening services.

Meditation

Open my heart tonight to welcome Shabbat in the natural way I did as

Holocaust

In the Shadow of the Holocaust, Murray Sendak Shows Us Ourselves

Deborah Rood Goldman

May 11, 2012

As someone who grew up reading Little Golden Books in which mommies and daddies take care of their obedient children, I like how Maurice Sendak’s stories, by contrast, dive right into the fray of real life—warts and all. As a librarian, I also appreciate what

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Deborah Rood Goldman

The Promise of Shabbat

Shabbat Meditation

In the Shadow of the Holocaust, Murray Sendak Shows Us Ourselves

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