Adina Lewittes

June 19, 2026/4 Tamuz 5786/Shabbat Korach Hevre/Friends, Pride month. A time to celebrate. Diversity. Dignity. Freedom. All the more so this year, as the LGBTQ+ community continues to face rollbacks of hard-won freedoms. While trans people have been rendered the most vulnerable legally, medically, and socially, gays and lesbians are seeing workplace protections challenged and the stability of marriage equality grow more uncertain. Against this backdrop, an op-ed appeared this week in...

June 12, 2026/27 Sivan 5786/Shabbat Sh'lach Hevre/Friends, Hallo from Berlin! Being in Berlin a second time creates a certain awkwardness for Andi and me. When we led a Rabbi on the Road trip here in 2014, our days were filled touring the major sites that testify to the thriving Jewish community that once flourished here — and to the murderous Nazi regime that destroyed it. We also met locals building what was then considered the world's fastest-growing Jewish community. Returning twelve...

June 5, 2026/20 Sivan 5786/Shabbat Beha'alotcha Hevre/Friends, As most of you know, travel lives at the heart of my mission — both physical and spiritual. Leaving one place to explore another, encountering new ideas, (re)connecting with different people, and returning transformed in our self-understanding: that's the essence of my own life's journey, and the ones I'm honoured to curate for others through Rabbi on the Road. But travel happens in so many different ways. I’m reflecting on...