Overnight Cancer Survivor
- Rabbi Heather Miller
- Nov 2, 2025
- 19 min read
Updated: Jul 29
Newsletter November 3, 2025 Together, we're #keepingitsacred...
It all happened so fast. My pathology report came back positive for Basal Cell Carcinoma at 10:30am Tuesday morning. Wednesday morning by 9:15am the cancer was removed, with clear margins, from my face. Just in time for Halloween, I had my own Herman Munster 1” incision stitched up on my right cheek under my eye. For two weeks, I will sport a bandage.
For you TLC fans of the 1990s, instead of “Lisa Left-Eye Lopes,” who wore a bandage under her left eye, I’m “Remnant Right-Eye Rabbi,” with a bandage under my right. She wore her band-aid to raise awareness for safe sex. I wear the band-aid for awareness for safe sun. According to the American Cancer Society, over 3 million new cases of skin cancer are diagnosed each year. That means you, dear reader, are likely to have experienced it or know someone who has experienced it.
I choose the word ”remnant” as an homage to the scar left a reminder of the ordeal. And as an homage to us, the survivors of this diagnosis.
In Judaism, the idea of a remnant, that is something that was left behind from the past, can be a powerful tool for building a future. Even something left over from something traumatic or difficult, like the scar I will now sport.
In Torah, we know that the “remnant of Israel” are the ones who survived the ordeal and who bear the responsibility to carry in the memory of what was lost. In the book of Ezra and Nechemiah, the word “sha’ar” / “remnant” describes those who, after the Babylonian Exile, are left to rebuild. And in Nechemiah 1:2, we see a beautiful description of the ones who escaped are the remnants.
After surviving an ordeal that places you face to face with your own mortality, you are placed in a position of having to rebuild. But rebuild what and how?
Now, my cancer did not require major surgery or even chemo or radiation. But yes, it was still cancer. And cancer is still the “c” word. It still pushes a person to ask- “had this thing consumed me yesterday, what kind of life have I lived?” And it brings us back to that question that the poet Mary Oliver posited in her famous poem, The Summer Day, “Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?”
Whenever I look in the mirror from now on, I will remember that I, too, am only human. Mortal. And all this, this life, is just a blip on the radar of the expansive breadth of time. So, what do I make of it? What does anyone make of their life? To make it meaningful- to make it count?
I try to live by the principles of some combination of:
-Showing up. Like I wrote in my Yom Kippur Sermon HERE.
-Reflecting on my actions and taking personal accountability to reduce harm I have caused.
-Constant learning and growing as a person who is working on the betterment of the world starting with myself.
-Service to others and the world.
-Sanctification. Recognizing sacred moments and elevating them, through ritual. They become precious jewels along the necklace of life to be cherished and honored.
Like my teratoma tumor scar left behind from my surgery at 9 years old, this scar will serve as a reminder of the preciousness of life and the importance of keeping it sacred.
Taking every setback and learning from it is yet another way we can keep it sacred.
I’m grateful to be in community with you, a community who knows the importance of keeping it sacred. Because within every moment of our lives is the potential of the sacred.
Together, we’re #keepingitsacred...
Rabbi Heather Miller
Founder, Keeping It Sacred
DAYLIGHT SAVINGS REMINDER
A reminder that the clocks turned back yesterday in the US, gaining us an hour. Please plan accordingly if you're joining us for our zoom programming from outside the states! Here is the current and local PT time.
FIFTH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION!
NOW ON YOUTUBE: In case you missed it or if you just want to relive the celebration-- find clips from our 5th Anniversary Celebration! HERE
We are a community chok full of joy, and sacred connection on full display. at Keeping It Sacred’s 5th Anniversary Celebration — now available on our YouTube channel!
From inspiring reflections to heartfelt moments of gratitude, this milestone event captures the spirit of inclusivity, accessibility, and five years of meaningful community. SO MUCH joy and gratitude to all who made it possible!
This series highlights the milestone event hosted by Amanda Meadows and Geoffrey Golden, with opening remarks and exciting announcements from Founding Rabbi Heather Miller.
For those who missed it or want to re-experience it, check out the video above or HERE.
The celebration also featured an awards ceremony recognizing outstanding contributors:
Social Justice Partner Award: Pastor Cue
Volunteer Awards: Wendy, David, Sheryl, Ashleigh, and Tracy
Peacemaker Awards: Diana and Dan
Commitment to Accessibility Awards: Linda and Stu
SURPRISE Commitment to Community Award: Molly
For those who missed it or want to re-experience it, check out the video above or HERE.
Special guests Heidi Segal (Union for Reform Judaism Board Member) and Rabbi Jim Kaufman (Rabbi Emeritus, Temple Beth Hillel) also speak, reflecting on Keeping It Sacred’s place within the broader landscape of Jewish life.
For those who missed it or want to re-experience it, check out the video above or HERE.
WHAT DO PEOPLE SAY ABOUT KEEPING IT SACRED?
The best part of our community are our people. So, for our Keeping It Sacred 5 year anniversary, Rabbi Miller asked these 8 members to share their thoughts on our community. These videos were shared at our celebration, and now you have the chance to see what people are saying in full HERE!
Or, you can click on the links below to hear from each of the participants. MAZAL TOV to everyone in the KITS global community for building this community by, with, and for one another!
Together, we're #keepingitsacred...
SPIRITUAL GENTLENESS BOOK CLUB
NOVEMBER 10TH 4PM PT/7PM ET — Are you interested in holding spiritual space for healing through reading and community? Then please consider joining our KITS Spiritual Gentleness Book Club (SGBC) led by members Ashleigh and Tracy. The SGBC explore books in monthly meetings, with topics and discussions centered on the questions that arise for those who are new to Judaism. With a collaborative approach to book discussion, we envision this book club as a place to make new friends, have nuanced and meaningful discussions, and deepen our relationships with Judaism. Gatherings held on Mondays at 4pm PT/7pm ET.
KITS CREATIVITY CLUB
NOVEMBER 16TH 9AM PT/12PM ET – Calling all creative people and people who want to create! Enjoy a chance to hang out with other Keeping It Sacred community members, get to know each other better, and create. Bring your favorite form of creativity to work on, Art, Baking, Craft, Dance, etc. and share inspiration. Some weeks will include someone teaching how to do a project/technique, other weeks will be purely socializing while we do our own things.
Please join us. Register here: keepingitsacred.com/upcoming
MAZAL TOV CASEY & CHRIS!
The entire Keeping It Sacred global community wishes a huge Mazal Tov to Casey and Chris who recently wed in Rancho Mirage, CA among family and friends. On a stunning golf green with the majestic desert mountains and palms as a dramatic backdrop, their bulldog Betty strutted down the aisle bearing the rings and taking her place in the front row. She and the guests watched as bride and groom toasted l’chayyim “to life!” to their life together— first with the bride’s kiddish cup from her bat mitzvah and a glass from the groom’s parents’ wedding, and later from a Chagall glass the couple purchased together on a memorable European vacation. Rabbi Miller remarked how the couple were setting out on their journey together during the week of the reading of the Torah portion of Lech Lecha where Avram and Sarai were doing the same, and blessed them on their way with hearty “amen”s from their community. The couple danced until the wee hours under a timeless sky bearing a bright moon and starry sky. May their love continue to light the way!
NOBODY WANTS THIS IMPRESSIONS
Check out the series review of Season 2 of the Netflix Series "Nobody Wants This...":
Nobody Wants This… The Human Responsibility of Forging One’s Own Life Path By Rabbi Heather Miller of Keeping It Sacred (KITS)
I am one of those people who easily identifies with characters on TV. My spirit definitely resonates with Erin Brokovich, Tony Micelli, and Punky Brewster. But, when the Netflix Series Nobody Wants This, first released, I got a flood of calls and emails and texts from people excitedly identifying the resonances between my life and that of the main character, a male rabbi named Rabbi Noah Roklov, who is dating a non-Jewish woman. In fact, my high school best friend called me up, and excitedly declared, “Someone made a TV show based on you and Melissa!”
Though I am a woman rabbi and my wife Melissa is now Jewish, my best friend recognized the obvious parallels between my life and that of the rabbi portrayed in the series, as the years I was in rabbinical school and dating Melissa, she had not yet converted to Judaism. Just like the scenarios depicted in the first season of Nobody Wants This, those were years filled with deep questions about Jewish identity the essence of what makes of “good rabbi.”
So much of what I love about the series, Season 1, was the stark differences in opinion between what people might consider makes a “good rabbi”— there are the commonly-held litmus-tests of keeping kosher, praying in synagogue on Saturday mornings, or yes, marrying a Jewish person. But, what I love about the Netflix series is that it portrays what I think are deeper, more essential elements of what makes a good rabbi— someone who analyzes their own behavior and seeks to do the right thing, someone who loves Torah and finds meaning in it and loves to share it, and someone who takes responsibility for their actions. The comedy of the show arises from when these two visions of what a good rabbi is are brought into conflict with one another.
I loved season 1 because the show depicted beautiful elements of a real, authentic rabbinic path, and one that happened to reflect my own personal path. My congregants who live around the world as part of our global community loved it, too, not only because they knew many of the resonances the series had with my personal life story, but for the same reason that I love it— it reflects their own exploration of the essence of Jewish identity as well. I love that they saw themselves invigorated by the way the series raised many of the same questions they have sought to answer in their own lives about what an authentic, relevant, meaningful Jewish identity looks like today. That’s why so many of them clamored at my door asking for a series discussion, which we held, for over an hour and a half after that first season. The conversations that stemmed from that debrief were scintillating.
That’s why, within 10 hours of its release, I binge-watched the entirety of season 2. Again, the cast (Adam Brody, Kristen Bell, Justin Lupe, Timothy Simons, and others) explored the ever present questions about the role of ritual and tradition, text and family and food, comedy and continuity and contemplation about one’s actions in the world. All of these things feature heavily in the life of Rabbi Noah Roklov, and my own. Creator Erin Foster, herself someone who converted to Judaism, brilliantly continued the a beautiful exploration of the process of forging one’s own life path amidst the eternal Jewish questions of authentic expression, truth and hiding, practices and seemingly endless variances of approach.
I love that Judaism isn’t portrayed in the series as much as Judaisms, plural, are portrayed. That is, there are various visions of Jewish expression included throughout the series, not only with Rabbi Noah featuring as a counterpoint to the more communally conservative Rabbi Cohen (played by Stephen Tobolowsky), but also in this season, as bumping up against the more out-of-the-box Rabbi Neil (played by Seth Rogen). And guess what? All of those are authentic expressions of Jewish leadership today! And there are many more. Every person who comes to claim Jewish identity reckons with the endless combinations of expression. And that’s hard to wrestle one’s way into especially if one is committed to doing so with authenticity. Perhaps nobody wants this important responsibility? But also, isn’t that the beauty of the tradition?
Without revealing specific spoilers (other than the fact that Seth Rogen is in this series!), I will just share that:
Episode 1 begins with the suffocating feeling of community that is voyeristic about every member’s every move, and the communal pressure exerted on participants to claim their stake in Jewish identity.
Episode 2 highlights the power dynamics that exist within families that can either render someone exploring Judaism as a pariah or a welcome newcomer.
Episode 3 presents rabbinic relationships and rituals as antidotes to feelings of wandering and being an outcast.
Episode 4 explores the importance of authentic engagement with people and the tradition rather than going through the motions.
Episode 5 presents the excitement and questions that might arise when negotiating one’s own authentic Jewish path.
Episode 6 expresses various roots of Jewish identity whether through family or tradition, love of text study or engagement with community, or a simple, strong, and sincere theological revelation.
Episode 7 presents major conflicts that result from people not being real with each other and show why Jewish identity and relationships must be rooted in truth and authenticity.
Episode 8 reminds viewers that Jewish identity is many things, and can be approached from various perspectives, but for all the things that it can be, one thing it cannot be is fake.
Episode 9 shows the dilemmas that arise from trying to decipher when a threshold has been crossed whether in terms of relationship progress or attachment to Jewish identity. And,
Episode 10 gives a subtle nod to the idea of fate and destiny and encourages us to get out of our own way to receive revelations about the truth of our lives.
This series, across both seasons 1 and in season 2, is bound to resonate with not only people like me who have lived lives nearly identically to Rabbi Roklov’s, but also with anyone seeking to define themselves along the complex matrix of identity that is Judaism, or any identity really. What comes through loud and clear is that one cannot force or over-analyze things as intimate as identity— at some point, a person has to put aside doubt and just have faith along the journey to forging one’s own life path.
Rabbi Heather Miller is the founding rabbi of Keeping It Sacred, a Jewish community founded on accessibility, relevance, and empowerment. More can be found here: https://www.keepingitsacred.com/ourrabbi
AND.... Be sure to join us as we discuss all the details at our Series Overview found below and HERE.
NOBODY WANTS THIS SERIES OVERVIEW
NOVEMBER 18TH 5PM PT/8PM ET – Come discuss the Netflix series Nobody Wants This with the Keeping It Sacred community! We will talk about themes, religious and cultural expressions, story arcs (and more!) portrayed in this romcom between a rabbi and podcaster. Save the date for November 18 at 5pm PT/ 8pm ET on zoom. Register HERE.
KISLEV ROSH CHODESH RACIAL JUSTICE BOOK CLUB
NOVEMBER 20TH 9:30AM PT/12:30PM ET – We will be reviewing our study text, “How We Learn to Be Brave" by Mariann Edgar Budde. We are committed to beginning each month with a compassionate, principled vision of racial justice. Join us as participants share the most valuable thing learned from the book as we finish in review of the novel.
GRATITUDE SHABBAT
THIS FRIDAY NIGHT: NOVEMBER 21ST 5:30PM PT/8:30PM ET – Give yourself the gift of space to reflect and rejuvenate in community with monthly Shabbat Services. Rabbi Miller and Max Winer will lead the community with Jewish thought and sacred song the last Friday of every month. Join us as we create community, facilitate learning, and inspire a night of gratitude.
HANUKKAH SHABBAT
DECEMBER 19TH 5:30PM PT/8:30PM ET – Celebrate the light of Hanukkah and the peace of Shabbat together with the Keeping It Sacred community! Join Rabbi Miller and Max Winer for an uplifting hour of sacred song, Jewish learning, and community connection.
Friday, December 195:30pm PT / 8:30pm ET
Online via Zoom + In person in Los Angeles, CA
Come welcome Shabbat during this season of light, renewal, and joy. No experience needed—just bring yourself. All are truly welcome!
Keeping It Sacred programs are free for all in the spirit of keruv (accessibility). Voluntary contributions are deeply appreciated and help sustain offerings like this.
Please note the start time of 5:30pm PT, and adjust for your local time zone if joining from outside the Pacific Time region.
Invite your friends and celebrate Hanukkah and Shabbat in community.
APOSTICHUS RAMIREZAE!
Apostichus ramirezae! No, that's not a spell! It is the name of a new spider. Specifically, Keeping It Sacred’s cherished member Dr. Martina Ramirez recently shared that a new spider species was named after her! Aptostichus ramirezae! Read it here: https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC12541282/
BOULDERJCC: THE BLISS OF HEBREW SACRED CHANTING
NOVEMBER 16TH 7PM local time in Boulder, Colorado – A dear friend of Rabbi Miller's from college, Danya Underwood Rivlin, and her dynamic husband Professor Eyal Rivlin (who helped give Keeping It Sacred our Hebrew name) are hosting what will be sure to be an inspiring Jewish event.
In this embodied and participatory evening, Danya and Eyal Rivlin lead the community in ecstatic Hebrew sacred chanting (kirtan). Backed by Boulder's top musicians and using ancient Hebrew melodies and mantras, we'll build a sonic temple with our voices. Chanting calms the nervous system, reduces stress, and clears the mind. Set in a circle rather than a traditional audience-performer format, we'll co-create together—no prior experience needed.
And, if you want to hear some of their inspiring chants, please see one of Rabbi Miller's favorite albums of all time, called COMING HOME, HERE. Please note, their title song, Coming Home, is a beautiful song we might like to listen to on a day like today where so many former hostages are coming home.
GIVING THANKS
NOVEMBER 9TH 4PM PT – Join Interfaith Council of Greater South Orange County for the upcoming annual Sing Thanksgiving event on Sunday, Nov. 9, from 4:00-5:30 pm, hosted at Community Lutheran Church, 30322 Via Con Dios, Rancho Santa Margarita.
KRISTALLNACHT REMEMBRANCE
NOVEMBER 9TH 11AM PT – Our friends at the Neighborhood Congregational church in Laguna Beach have invited us to join them in person for refreshments and book signing of Karen Baum-Gordon's book, The Last Letter. With special performance by Laguna Beach Artist of the Year, Jason Feddy.
HEALING CIRCLE & TALMUD TEXT STUDY EVERY THURSDAY
**We usually meet EVERY THURSDAY --
1/22 and 1/29 as planned but please mark your calendar that Healing Circle and Talmud for All scheduled for February 5 will be postponed.
JOIN our healing circle EVERY THURSDAY at 10:30am PT/1:30pm ET holding space for all looking for prayers for healing.
Immediately following that: at 11am PT/2pm ET, join us as we jump into a conversation with the rabbinic sages of old. We enjoy studying a page of Talmud every day and reviewing together every Thursday, adding our perspectives and the relevance to our own lives as we go along. We enjoy participation from participants across the world who span the spectrum of race, gender, class, age, and connection to Jewish thought.
The rabbis could never have imagined such a wonderful group considering their thoughts!
What people say:
"Yesterday's class was superb!! I remain impressed by so many things that you do! You are able to keep us on track, share (some of) your knowledge with us, make all sorts of connections to the Jewish and secular worlds, and meet each of us where we are! Kudos to you!!"
"Talmud study has opened a window to that world for me. I love the anthropology and sociology of it all."
"The minority opinions may someday count as much as the majority opinions. It reminds us that things change the Halacha changes and we change each year that we read it."
"We have the opportunity to compare the Halacha we are practicing today with the one they were writing and studying in the Talmud... It has been very interesting how things have evolved how we keep the tradition in our own way."
"I feel very close to this amazing group and I'm grateful to Rabbi Miller for conducting it."
To join, please register HERE. And look for us on Instagram HERE.
ALSO we have been studying the construction of the Second Temple-- check out this awesome link to a tour through a virtual representation of the Second Temple to help visualize what we're studying HERE.
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UPCOMING EVENTS:
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EVERY DAY
Please enjoy TWO seasons of our 7-episode web series People Keeping It Sacred and our Jewish Holiday series called "A Bit About..." both available on YouTube HERE and via podcast on your favorite podcast player including: PocketCasts, RadioPublic, Apple + Podcasts, Spotify and more HERE.
ONGOING: SPIRITUAL COUNSELING
Rabbi Miller is available for 1-on-1 spiritual counseling; pay what you can. Topics are based upon the participant and can include your personal theological understanding of coronavirus, spiritually making space for others in your home, the spirituality of isolation and finding your way back to sacred connection. For more information, click HERE.
11/6 HEALING CIRCLE
Thursdays at 10:30am PT/1:30pm ET. Join us as we gather every Thursday for a Prayer Circle. Lift up names of those who are ill and join together for support and community. All are welcome.
11/6 PAGE-A-DAY OF TALMUD DAF YOMI GROUP MEET-UP
Thursdays at 11am PT/2pm ET. Join us as we review the past week's Talmud readings in sacred international community. No experience necessary but be ready for some interesting discussions. Bring what you know about Torah, but also what you know to be true from your own life. Your insights are appreciated.
11/10 SPIRITUAL GENTLENESS BOOK CLUB
4pm PT/7pm ET. Are you interested in holding spiritual space for healing through reading and community? Then please consider joining the new KITS Spiritual Gentleness Book Club (SGBC) led by members Ashleigh and Tracy!
11/13 HEALING CIRCLE
Thursdays at 10:30am PT/1:30pm ET. Join us as we gather every Thursday for a Prayer Circle. Lift up names of those who are ill and join together for support and community. All are welcome.
11/13 PAGE-A-DAY OF TALMUD DAF YOMI GROUP MEET-UP
Thursdays at 11am PT/2pm ET. Join us as we review the past week's Talmud readings in sacred international community. No experience necessary but be ready for some interesting discussions. Bring what you know about Torah, but also what you know to be true from your own life. Your insights are appreciated.
11/16 CREATIVITY CLUB
Enjoy a chance to hang out with other Keeping It Sacred community members, get to know each other better, and create. Bring your favorite form of creativity to work on, Art, Baking, Craft, Dance, etc. and share inspiration. Some weeks will include someone teaching how to do a project/technique, other weeks will be purely socializing while we do our own things.
11/18 SERIES REVIEW OF NETFLIX'S NOBODY WANTS THIS
5PM PT/8PM ET – Come discuss the Netflix series “Nobody Wants This” with the Keeping It Sacred community! We will talk about themes, religious and cultural expressions, story arcs (and more!) portrayed in this romcom between a rabbi and podcaster. Save the date for November 18 at 5pm PT/ 8pm ET on zoom. Register HERE: keepingitsacred.com/upcoming
11/20 KISLEV ROSH CHODESH RACIAL JUSTICE BOOK REVIEW
We will be reviewing our new text which we will announce in our upcoming newsletter. We are committed to beginning each month with a compassionate, principled vision of racial justice.
11/20 HEALING CIRCLE
Thursdays at 10:30am PT/1:30pm ET. Join us as we gather every Thursday for a Prayer Circle. Lift up names of those who are ill and join together for support and community. All are welcome.
11/20 PAGE-A-DAY OF TALMUD DAF YOMI GROUP MEET-UP
Thursdays at 11am PT/2pm ET. Join us as we review the past week's Talmud readings in sacred international community. No experience necessary but be ready for some interesting discussions. Bring what you know about Torah, but also what you know to be true from your own life. Your insights are appreciated.
11/21 GRATITUDE SHABBAT
Give yourself the gift of space to reflect and rejuvenate in community with monthly Shabbat Services. Rabbi Miller and Max Winer will lead the community with Jewish thought and sacred song the last Friday of every month. Rabbi Miller is our rabbi! And, Max Winer is a storyteller, song leader, and musician who uses these creative expressions to help create community, facilitate learning, and inspire a love of Judaism.
11/30 CREATIVITY CLUB
Enjoy a chance to hang out with other Keeping It Sacred community members, get to know each other better, and create. Bring your favorite form of creativity to work on, Art, Baking, Craft, Dance, etc. and share inspiration. Some weeks will include someone teaching how to do a project/technique, other weeks will be purely socializing while we do our own things.
12/4 HEALING CIRCLE
Thursdays at 10:30am PT/1:30pm ET. Join us as we gather every Thursday for a Prayer Circle. Lift up names of those who are ill and join together for support and community. All are welcome.
12/4 PAGE-A-DAY OF TALMUD DAF YOMI GROUP MEET-UP
Thursdays at 11am PT/2pm ET. Join us as we review the past week's Talmud readings in sacred international community. No experience necessary but be ready for some interesting discussions. Bring what you know about Torah, but also what you know to be true from your own life. Your insights are appreciated.
12/11 TEVET ROSH CHODESH RACIAL JUSTICE BOOK REVIEW
Thursdays at 9:30am PT/12:30pm ET. We will be reviewing our study text, “In Open Contempt" by Irvin Weathersby Jr. We are committed to beginning each month with a compassionate, principled vision of racial justice.
12/11 HEALING CIRCLE
Thursdays at 10:30am PT/1:30pm ET. Join us as we gather every Thursday for a Prayer Circle. Lift up names of those who are ill and join together for support and community. All are welcome.
12/11 PAGE-A-DAY OF TALMUD DAF YOMI GROUP MEET-UP
Thursdays at 11am PT/2pm ET. Join us as we review the past week's Talmud readings in sacred international community. No experience necessary but be ready for some interesting discussions. Bring what you know about Torah, but also what you know to be true from your own life. Your insights are appreciated.
12/18 HEALING CIRCLE
Thursdays at 10:30am PT/1:30pm ET. Join us as we gather every Thursday for a Prayer Circle. Lift up names of those who are ill and join together for support and community. All are welcome.
12/18 PAGE-A-DAY OF TALMUD DAF YOMI GROUP MEET-UP
Thursdays at 11am PT/2pm ET. Join us as we review the past week's Talmud readings in sacred international community. No experience necessary but be ready for some interesting discussions. Bring what you know about Torah, but also what you know to be true from your own life. Your insights are appreciated.
12/19 HANUKKAH SHABBAT
Give yourself the gift of space to reflect and rejuvenate in community with monthly Shabbat Services. Rabbi Miller and Max Winer will lead the community with Jewish thought and sacred song the last Friday of every month. Rabbi Miller is our rabbi! And, Max Winer is a storyteller, song leader, and musician who uses these creative expressions to help create community, facilitate learning, and inspire a love of Judaism.
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