Rabbi Eger

  This Shabbat–Shabbat Bereshit, is the yarzeit, (the anniversary of the death) of the first ordained woman rabbi,  Regina Jonas.  She died in Auschwitz at… Read More »Rabbiner Regina Jonas

It has been a long Jewish month.  The Jewish holy days of Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur, Sukkot, Shimini-Azeret, Simchat Torah and Hoshanah Rabbah are now… Read More »After the Holy Days

Here is an interview with me that appeared in VoyageLA!  Thanks to the staff there! It was fun! http://voyagela.com/interview/meet-rabbi-denise-eger-congregation-kol-ami-west-hollywood/

The pictures are heart wrenching. The separation of families seeking asylum in the US is a heinous policy that will no doubt do severe damage… Read More »Separation of Families

.שְׁמַע בְּנִי, מוּסַר אָבִיךָ;וְאַל-תִּטֹּשׁ, תּוֹרַת אִמֶּךָ Hear, my child, the instruction of your father, and forsake not the teaching of your mother; (Proverbs 1:8)  … Read More »A Prayer for Mother’s Day

I had the honor of giving the invocation at the annual “Stoney” Awards of the Stonewall Democratic Club here in Southern California. This year was… Read More »An Invocation

Here are some thoughts on the passage from our Haggadah–Let All Who Are Hungry Come and Eat as published in the Jewish Journal

Here is a link to a short Torah discussion of this week’s Parasha-Shemot in the Jewish Journal of Los Angeles.  The verses discussed are EXODUS… Read More »Moses

I am proud to present my Torah commentary on Parshat Toldot that appeared in this week’s Jewish Journal as part of its new Table for… Read More »Commentary on Parshat Toldot