by Ayden Heim | Oct 24, 2025 | Rabbi Cat's Musings
Rabbi Cat Zavis reflects on Parshat Noach during a week of protest, devastation, and moral urgency. What does it mean to live righteously in a corrupt time? How does the Earth respond when human cruelty becomes too much to bear? And what might it take for loving...
by Ayden Heim | Oct 16, 2025 | Rabbi Cat's Musings
In this reflection on Parshat Bereshit, Rabbi Cat Zavis invites us to notice the seeds of liberation planted at the beginning of creation. Amid ongoing devastation in Gaza and around the world, she calls us to breathe in the divine life force and recommit to standing...
by Ayden Heim | Sep 11, 2025 | Rabbi Cat's Musings
Rabbi Cat speaks to the struggle many feel about showing up for High Holidays this year in the face of genocide and empire carried out in Judaism’s name. She reminds us that Judaism is not Zionism—and that our tradition calls us to justice, care, and love. Connecting...
by Ayden Heim | Aug 28, 2025 | Rabbi Cat's Musings
This week’s parsha, Shoftim (Deuteronomy 16:18–21:9), calls us to the heart of Jewish ethics: “Justice, justice you shall pursue.” Rabbi Cat reflects on what true justice means in Torah, prayer, and our lives today—justice rooted not in punishment, but in healing,...
by Ayden Heim | Aug 7, 2025 | Rabbi Cat's Musings
Rabbi Cat Zavis dives deep into Parshat Vaetchanan—home to the Shema, the V’ahavta, and the Aseret Ha’Dibrot (10 utterances)—exploring what it means to love, to resist, and to live ethically in times of immense upheaval. What does it mean to receive a divine download...
