The first woman to be ordained as a Reconstructionist rabbi, Sandy Eisenberg Sasso grew up in Philadelphia. She has served as rabbi of Congregation Beth-El Zedeck in Indianapolis since 1977. A lecturer, educator, editor, and community activist, Sasso is an award-winning author of books for children and adults.
Embracing couple in ivory inlay, Ugarit, 14th century BCE. This ivory inlay decorated the royal bed from the court of the kings of Ugarit (Syria). The woman has her left arm around the man and with…
The only garden left in our walled-up town was the old cemetery, whose earliest graves dated back to the thirteenth century. It was densely overgrown. Picking one’s way to its remoter corners meant…
This Biedermeier-style sofa from Danzig, with birch veneer over pine, may have been commissioned on the occasion of a marriage. The oval on the seat back contains an image of clasped hands, and the…