Reforming the face of rabbis
Rabbi Weiss and Rabbi Bloom converse before Friday night service at Temple Shalom. "Rabbi Bloom and I make a great team. (He) has placed a lot of confidence in me and provided me with a lot of freedom to find my own style and leadership," says Weiss.
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Rabbi Weiss visits Lynn Ryzenman's (back left) preschool class with musician Jane Galler (right), singing in celebration of Shabbat at Temple Shalom.
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Ian Cox, Rabbi Weiss and Michelle Federman react to a candidate's speech during Youth Group elections at Temple Shalom. Weiss says "Youth Group was integral to my development in high school. It fostered my own sense of Jewish identity. It provided me with a place where I belonged. It taught me leadership skills, organizational skills, responsibility, and a sense of community."
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Leading the congregation, Rabbi Weiss chants while covering her eyes to focus the Shema prayer, which is the most important prayer in the Jewish worship service.
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After a long day of work, Rabbi Weiss is embraced by Amanda Marks and Pammie Shapiro. Marks says Rabbi Weiss is someone she can relate and look up to - she's young, female and comes with a different perspective.
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Youth Group President Amanda Marks, Rabbi Weiss and Programming Vice President Courtney Faunce deliberate over booth planning for their Purim Carnival on March 16, 2008.
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These are some of Rabbi Weiss' kippah collection. It is customary for men to wear kippot (plural) but in Reform Judaism women also wear them to show egalitarian community. Wearing kippot shows reverence.
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Rabbi Weiss puts on her shawl, leaving her office to perform service.
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Rabbi Weiss sings during Friday night service with cantorial soloist Anne Newman to her left and Bob Newman holding his granddaughter Sarah to the right.
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