Min Kantrowitz

Rabbi Min Kantrowitz is a Rabbis Without Borders Fellow, teaches about CryptoJews and Conversos of New Mexico for Road Scholar/Elderhostel and has private students. She directed the New Mexico Jewish Community Chaplaincy Program for 12 years, serving unaffiliated Jews throughout the state. A 2004 graduate of the Academy for Jewish Religion, California, she is the author of ?Counting the Omer: A Kabbalistic Meditation Guide?. Rabbi Kantrowitz is a former psychologist, a former architect/planner, a wife, mother and the proud Bubbie of three grandsons.

Has America Lost Its Grit?

March 24, 2016March 23, 2016 by Min Kantrowitz

At the same time as a wave of literature about the power of “grit” in success and life has hit America, it seems that we’ve lost any ability to focus. What now?

What’s An Ethical Will? And Why Should You Write One?

March 2, 2016 by Min Kantrowitz

Wills… the kind that are shared after we pass away… are almost completely focused on “things.” What if we wrote a will that was instead focused on anything but the physical?

Imagine Being Loved Without Excelling

January 26, 2016 by Min Kantrowitz

What if we stopped expecting perfection from ourselves and from others? What if performance didn’t determine worth?

Why Is Downton Abbey So Popular?

January 14, 2016January 7, 2016 by Min Kantrowitz

I don’t often watch Downton Abbey (truth be told, I only watched ten minutes of it one time), but the … Continue Reading

Using the Holidays to Re-evaluate Priorities

December 10, 2015 by Min Kantrowitz

Our stores and streets seem transformed: has the population suddenly doubled or has the clock suddenly switched to some kind … Continue Reading

Too Much, Too Fast: Why We Need to Pause in Life

November 13, 2015November 12, 2015 by Min Kantrowitz

One day, I realized I’d never seen a semicolon as part of a tweet, those compact teasers of communication brought … Continue Reading

Why We Live Where We Live

October 27, 2015 by Min Kantrowitz

It’s hard to keep track of friends and relatives when they move around so much. My address book (when I … Continue Reading

Are Memories the Heart of Wisdom?

September 24, 2015September 24, 2015 by Min Kantrowitz

A former New York costume designer once mentioned the concept of a “moment” to me. In theater costuming, a moment … Continue Reading