PinnedRabbi Nikki DeBlosi (she/her)inHuman PartsI Chose to Be Jewish. I Didn’t Choose Netanyahu.Photo by Robert Bye on UnsplashMay 1419May 1419
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Rabbi Nikki DeBlosi (she/her)Why It Doesn’t Really Matter What You Wear to TempleThe Jewish High Holy Days of Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur are approaching, and, like me, you might be staring at your pre-teen’s closet…Sep 11, 202310Sep 11, 202310
Rabbi Nikki DeBlosi (she/her)The Keeping of Boundaries:A Ceremony for SeparationApr 10, 20231Apr 10, 20231
Rabbi Nikki DeBlosi (she/her)Liberation & Violence: Passover’s Queer Lesson of EmpathyPassover tells the story of the Jewish people’s enslavement in Egypt and liberation into the wildnerness. Often told as a tale of miracles…Apr 4, 2023Apr 4, 2023
Rabbi Nikki DeBlosi (she/her)A Jewish Obligation to Protect Gender DiversityI’ve always been impatient about inequality. I was a stamps-her-feet, doesn’t-sit-down, never-shuts-up kind of little girl.Mar 10, 20232Mar 10, 20232
Rabbi Nikki DeBlosi (she/her)Pride is not a rainbow. It’s a riot.Last weekend, our family of four attended Montclair, New Jersey’s first ever Pride Festival, the theme of which was: “Be You. Be Heard.”Jun 20, 202232Jun 20, 202232
Rabbi Nikki DeBlosi (she/her)I’m a “Woman Rabbi”: Bringing Our Full Selves to Jewish CommunitySermon for Shabbat Terumah, February 2022, at Temple Shaaray Tefila in New York CityFeb 7, 20223Feb 7, 20223