Rabbi Ellen Weinberg Dreyfus

Rabbi Ellen W. Dreyfus

Rabbi Ellen Weinberg Dreyfus served as the chair of the Task Force on the Experience of Women in the Rabbinate. She was one of the first-ever women rabbis, the second female president of the Central Conference of American Rabbis, and she is rabbi emerita at Shir Tikvah in Homewood, Illinois.

Torrah and Kippah
Sh'mot

Visions of Redemption

D'Var Torah By: Rabbi Ellen Weinberg Dreyfus
The last word of the Book of Genesis is b'Mitzrayim, "in Egypt," and that is where we find the Israelites at the beginning of the Book of Exodus.
Torrah and Kippah
Vayishlach

Jacob: Heel or Hero?

D'Var Torah By: Rabbi Ellen Weinberg Dreyfus
FOCAL POINT Then Jacob said, "O God of my father Abraham and God of my father Isaac, O Adonai, who said to me, 'Return to your native land and I will deal bountifully with you'!
Torrah and Kippah
Tol'dot

Digging Our Parents' Wells

D'Var Torah By: Rabbi Ellen Weinberg Dreyfus
Water is life. Our bodies are mostly water; our planet is able to sustain life largely because of its abundant supply of water. The symbolism of water flowing and nourishing the thirsty land is easily understandable, even by those who have never lacked rain.