Dr. Madelyn Mishkin Katz

Dr. Madelyn Mishkin Katz is associate dean at Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion’s Jack H. Skirball Campus in Los Angeles, CA.

Sharing Our Stories: Who Inspires You?

Dr. Madelyn Mishkin Katz
February 19, 2019
I can picture it like it was yesterday – although it was actually 50 years ago. I was thirteen years old, “working” as a teaching assistant in Joy Schenk’s kindergarten class at my synagogue, Monroe Temple of Liberal Judaism in Monroe, New York. I was the first and only TA in the religious school and, for whatever reason; some of the board members weren’t thrilled about this.

WRJ Voices: Ha’azinu

Dr. Madelyn Mishkin Katz
September 21, 2018

In this week’s Torah portion, Ha’azinu, Moses faces the reality that he will not be joining the Israelites as they enter the Promised Land. As he faces his death he tells the people “Don’t blame God when things go wrong. God is not here to serve us.  God...