17 May

Member Spotlight: Sandra Caplan Community Bet Din

by Sarah Panzer, Rising Tide Intern The Sandra Caplan Community Bet Din is a trans-denominational Bet Din located in Los Angeles that provides support during the Jewish conversion process. They […]

4 Apr

Member Spotlight: Rachel’s Well Community Mikvah

by Sarah Panzer, Rising Tide Intern Rachel’s Well Community Mikvah is the fourth iteration of a mikveh that has been in use in Portland, Oregon since the early 20th century. […]

7 Mar

Member Spotlight: Louisiana Community Mikveh

by Sarah Panzer, Rising Tide Intern The Louisiana Community Mikveh is an open mikveh project fifteen years in the making, one that is deeply intertwined with the history of New […]

1 Dec

Being a Mikveh Guide is my opportunity

by Glenna Lee In the Seven Steps Online Mikveh Guide training program, we learn Maimonides believed that, “If a man has immersed himself but without special intention, it as though […]

16 Mar

Mikveh Dreaming

by Rabbi Haviva Ner-David, Shmaya: A Mikveh for Mind, Body and Soul, on Kibbutz Hannaton Water is my element. I feel most at peace and alive in water. I live […]

10 Mar

An Ancient Ritual for Our Times

by Maiya Edelson When my now husband and I started planning our wedding, we sat down together and talked about the values and priorities we wanted throughout the planning process […]

14 Dec

A Different Immersion

27 Dec

Mi Sheberach: A Prayer for Recovery

by Jocelyn Schorvitz, Executive Director of MACoM  Mi Sheberach, I come here today in hopes of finding healing for my body, my heart and my soul, and to find a […]

5 Dec

I became a cancer survivor at the mikveh

23 Apr

Rising Tide Celebrates its First Birthday

One year after our launch, the Rising Tide Open Waters Mikveh Network (Rising Tide) now includes 29 member communities from across the United States, Canada, Israel, Australia and the United Kingdom.