Yehudit Abrams: Brining Early Detection Home
By: Rabbi Lori Shapiro
Source: israelnationalnews.com
Israeli physician and engineer Yehudit Abrams speaks about the influence of Open Temple and Rabbi Lori’s impact on her life for Israel National News at 26 minutes into this interview. Dr. Abrams award winning Monither empowers women to monitor changes in their own breast tissue and is a revolutionary innovation in breast cancer early detection.
My Road to the “Open Dor”
By: Rabbi Lori Shapiro
Source: eJewishPhilanthropy
The Road to Open Dor. Wondering how Open Temple became Open Temple? Read this eJewish Philanthropy essay about Open Temple’s Creation Story
Awed by Days of Awe? Keep the Holiness Going
By: Rabbi Lori Shapiro
Source: Jewish Journal
Keep the High Holidays going with Yom Kippur Katan. Rabbi Lori’s thought piece in the Jewish Journal…
Message from the CEO
By: Larry Yudelson
Source: jewishinsandiego.org
Michael Jeser, now CEO of Jewish Federation/San Diego, shared this thought piece featuring Rabbi Lori’s innovative work from when she was the rabbi at USC Hillel. Ten years later, he reflects on her innovations…
Kids these (high holy) days…
By: Larry Yudelson
Source: timesofisrael.com
WSJ article that included Goat Yoga at Open Temple went viral with all sides chiming in. Here’s the latest commentary from timesofisrael.com…
NYT, WaPo Champion Leftist High Holiday Jewish Services, Including Goat Yoga And Black Lives Matter Discussions
By: Ben Shapiro
Source: Daily Wire
Ben Shapiro 2020 cross referenced Open Temple Goat Yoga in the Daily Wire as well as the National Review. Ben, “for reals”, we invite you to experience Open Temple. We are NOT political and focus rather on the role of ritual life and Torah in the 21st Century. #DailyWire #OpenTemple #SpiritualbutNotPolitical #VeniceLove
Goat Yoga is a Poor Substitute for Religious Observance
By: Ben Shapiro
Source: National Review
Conservative political commentator @BenShapiro responded to the WSJ article about outreach to a new generation (and Goat Yoga Avodah on Yom Kippur) in the National Review. A Los Angelean, he is officially invited to Open Temple’s “Shabbat Take Me Higher” to experience our love of Torah. Hey, Ben, stay in our guest house in Venice with your family for Shabbat, and I’ll invite David Suissa over as well and the three of us can daven at PJC for Shacharit together. B’Emet and with love, Rabbi Lori Shapiro
Goat Yoga, Mosh Pits, Glow Sticks: Younger Jews Reinvent Yom Kippur
By: Shayndi Raice
Source: Wall Street Journal
For 2,000 years, Jews have spent Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement, in a synagogue abstaining from food and drink, fervently praying and beseeching God to forgive their sins.
This year, some rabbis, eager to woo younger people to High Holiday services, are holding programs in a beer garden, replacing deep reverential bows with Goat Yoga…