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Rebecca Spence

Rebecca Spence is a writer and editor based in Los Angeles. She is currently at work on her first novel.

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    A Real Spiritual High: Welcome to Denver’s Cannabis Havdalah

    Weed, now legal, finds its place in Jewish ritual

    byRebecca Spence
  • Kevin Jennings, the incoming president of the Tenement Museum on New York's Lower East Side.
    Kevin Jennings, the incoming president of the Tenement Museum on New York's Lower East Side.
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    Tenement Museum Names Kevin Jennings, an LGBT Advocate and Former Obama Education Official, as Its New President

    As the museum expands, so does its vision

    byRebecca Spence
  • Matthew Schildkret.
    Matthew Schildkret.
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    Sacred Scarves

    Inspired by a lineage of clothiers before him, Matthew Schildkret’s ‘undercover tallit’ take their cues from a higher purpose: mitzvot

    byRebecca Spence
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    Forage the Earth and Make It Beautiful

    Day Schildkret, a former Jewish day school director, creates ‘morning altars’ that inspire connection with nature

    byRebecca Spence
  • Seidler-Feller in her office.(Rebecca Spence)
    Seidler-Feller in her office.(Rebecca Spence)
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    Sexual Healing

    Doreen Seidler-Feller, a Los Angeles psychologist, observant Jew, and rabbi’s wife, has a thriving practice as a sex therapist to the Orthodox

    byRebecca Spence
  • Doc Green's co-founder Ramona Rubin.(Rebecca Spence)
    Doc Green's co-founder Ramona Rubin.(Rebecca Spence)
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    Contact High

    In Berkeley, three Orthodox Jews run a medical-marijuana collective selling a religiously inspired cannabis cream

    byRebecca Spence
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    The Half-Life

    How do the products of an interfaith marriage choose their identities?

    byRebecca Spence
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