Rabbi Karen R. Perolman

Rabbi Karen R. Perolman serves Congregation B’nai Jeshurun in Short Hills, NJ, and is a contributor to Moral Resistance and Spiritual Authority: Our Jewish Obligation to Social Justice, recently published by the Central Conference of American Rabbis (CCAR) Press. Find her on Twitter @rabbikrp.

LGBTQ+ Jewish Life

This Pride Month, Break the Glass

Rabbi Karen R. Perolman

How might we approach Pride with the same intentionality with which we approach a wedding?

Row of protesters with signs in shadow; bright sun behind them

Ten Minutes of Torah

Learning How to Make a Difference in Our World

Rabbi Karen R. Perolman

March 11, 2019

Many of us want to help repair what is broken in our world. Getting started, though, often can feel overwhelming. What can push us past thought toward action?

Ki Tavo

Why the Past Isn’t Enough: The Need for a New Covenant

D'Var Torah By: Rabbi Rachel Sabath Beit-Halachmi, Ph.D.

August 8, 2018

Relationships—even sacred relationships—are not static. Even the most profound covenants and commitments sometimes need to be renewed or reestablished. But Parashat Ki Tavo asks, is this true even of our relationship with God?