Rabbi Dara Lithwick

Rabbi Dara Lithwick

Rabbi Dara Lithwick (she/her) is passionate about building bridges between people and communities and promoting inclusion as a fundamental Jewish practice. She is an advocate for 2SLGBTQ2I+ inclusion within Jewish spaces and for Jewish inclusion in 2SLGBTQ2I+ spaces.

Rabbi Dara is active in Temple Israel Ottawa where she leads services and teaches. She is also active at Temple Emanu-El Beth Sholom in Montreal, where she teaches introduction to Judaism courses in English and French. Rabbi Dara serves as the chair for the Reform Jewish Community of Canada's Tikkun Olam Steering Committee and is also a member of the Union for Reform Judaism's Commission on Social Action.

In the winter, Rabbi Dara and her partner love shlepping their kids around the National Capital region's ski hills, where Dara serves as a volunteer ski patroller keeping a watchful eye as the kids race downhill skiing.

Photo of a group of people on A Wider Bridge Leader's trip to Israel
LGBTQ+ Jewish Life

Hope and Pride in Be’er Sheva

Rabbi Dara Lithwick
During Pride Month, I participated in a leaders' trip to Israel through A Wider Bridge, an organization dedicated to connecting LGBTQ+ people in North America and Israel. Around Israel, pride events this year focused on calls to free the hostages, support the hundreds of thousands of displaced people, and reach a meaningful ceasefire.
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Using Our “God-Sparks” to Reconcile Our Relationships

D'Var Torah By: Chaim Harrison

D'Var Torah By: Rabbi Dara Lithwick
The book of B’reishit is, in essence, one big, messy story about family. While the relationships discussed in this book are imperfect, they matter because people matter. Imperfect as these families are, they’re still sacred because God exists as the connection between them.