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Rabbi Julia AppelRabbi Julia Appel

Rabbi Julia Appel is Clal's Senior Director of Programs, helping Jewish professionals and lay leaders revitalize their communities by serving their people better. She is passionate about creating Jewish community that meets the challenges of the 21st century – in which Jewish identity is a choice, not an obligation. Her writing has been featured in such publications as The Forward, The Globe and Mail, and The Canadian Jewish News, among others.

The Possibility Of Change

April 2, 2025April 1, 2025 by Rabbi Julia Appel

My Passover seders have changed a lot over the years. I can think of them in different eras. The first … Continue Reading

Categories Weekly Parsha Tags "Weekly D'Var"

Remembering and Forgetting The Terrible Thing

March 13, 2025March 13, 2025 by Rabbi Julia Appel

We usually remember to remember, or we forget to remember; we don’t usually try to remember to forget something.

Categories Compassion and Empathy, Weekly Parsha Tags "Weekly D'Var", Amalek, Purim

Learning to Process Horror from Serach Bat Asher

February 27, 2025February 13, 2025 by Rabbi Julia Appel

Serach bat Asher is the timeless witness to the Jewish people’s story.

Categories Weekly Parsha Tags "Weekly D'Var"

Seeds of Change

January 16, 2025 by Rabbi Julia Appel

Within any status quo are the seeds for its opposite

Categories Compassion and Empathy, Weekly Parsha Tags "Weekly D'Var"

Seeing Snakes Everywhere

November 27, 2024November 27, 2024 by Rabbi Julia Appel

Re-digging wells of trauma and hope.

Categories Weekly Parsha Tags "Weekly D'Var"

Seven Steps to Recreate the World After the Election

November 6, 2024 by Rabbi Julia Appel

Combat moral failure with moral rigor.

Categories Compassion and Empathy, Compassion for difficulties, Grief & Coping, News & Politics, Wisdom Daily News

Living In the Joy of Right Now

October 31, 2024 by Rabbi Julia Appel

Life is what happens while you are making other plans.

Categories Weekly Parsha Tags "Weekly D'Var"

Is Purpose a Prerequisite to Having Children?

October 9, 2024September 5, 2024 by Rabbi Julia Appel

Musings on population growth, child-bearing, and replacement numbers.

Categories Breaking False Dichotomies, Compassion and Empathy, Inspiring Story, News & Politics Tags Growth, Israel, Jewish Family, replacement birth rate

False Prophets and Soaring Rhetoric

October 9, 2024August 29, 2024 by Rabbi Julia Appel

Deciding who to believe and who to follow

Categories Compassion and Empathy, Weekly Parsha, Who am I Tags "Weekly D'Var"

A Vision of Light in the Darkness

August 12, 2024August 8, 2024 by Rabbi Julia Appel

Looking for hope amid despair

Categories Weekly Parsha Tags "Weekly D'Var"
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