Malka Drucker is the author of more than 20 books for adults and children.
She is the founding Rabbi of HaMakom in Santa Fe, NM.
Rabbi Malka is involved with the Northern New Mexico Regional Art Center (NNMRAC) and the Education and Community Programs of the Santa Fe Opera who will present excerpts from the one-act children's opera, "Shoes for the Santo Niño" at 6:30pm, Thursday, April 26 in the Mision on the Plaza de Española, NM. For details, download the flyer.
Commentary-(from congregants and others) "I hope that you will be willing to take the time to write to me and share with me what faith in God means to you..."
Bill Treiber, Malka's father, June 29, 2011 His Memory is a Blessing I'm OK and even grateful I had him for so long.
HIGH HOLIDAY SERMONS 5772
REBBE LONGING, Erev Rosh Hashanah 5772, From every human being there rises a light that reaches straight to heaven.
Who Shall Live, Who Shall Die, Who Can Bear This Prayer? Rosh Hashanah Morning, 5772
WALK HUMBLY IN YOUR DESPAIR: An Uplifting High Holiday Sermon, 5772.
Musings of Today: GROWING A GRANDMOTHER'S HEART
Of all the transitions a woman is blessed to experience, none may be as sacred, i.e. soul expansive, as becoming a grandmother. When she touches the baby for the first time, something new is born in her, a love so fierce and grateful it's almost embarrassing. A grandchild has the potential to awaken the grandmother into her heart of wisdom because the child links her to another generation. She may remember her own grandparents with affection and now she knows from her own love for the grandchild how much she was once loved. The grandmother heart, known in wisdom traditions as the manifestation of unconditional love, is the grandmother's gift to the grandchild. The grandchild births a more generous love in the grandmother. Perhaps for the first time, she cares not only about her own but for a generation in which she now has an vitally important rooting interest. She has lived long enough to know that we are interconnected. Growing a grandmother's heart is neither gender nor age specific: it is a path of wisdom open to anyone who wants it. The grandmother embodies the archetype of lovingkindness. She is the good listener with a patience that gives you faith, and the unconditional love she offers becomes a teacher for you in the art of loving. My teachers, Rabbi Harold Schulweis and Reb Zalman Shachter-Shalomi, have grandmother hearts. To them and to my grandmothers, I dedicate these words.
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Rabbi Malka Drucker is a contributor in Covenant of the Generations, Women of Reform Judaism's new book in the Covenant series. The piece is called "Growing a Grandmother's Heart." She is also a contributor to the Jewish Book Award winner, Women's Torah Commentary published by WRJ.
Women and Judaism
Finalist, Religious Book
Portraits of Jewish-American Heroes
Women and Judaism
Edited by Malka Drucker
Hardcover: 300 pages
Publisher: Praeger (April 30, 2009)
Available through
amazon.com
barnes and noble
"Women and Judaism," the editor writes, "carries an intention to do more than bring the reader new ideas to ponder. For Jewish women, it's a charge to claim and re-claim their rightful place in their tradition. For non-Jewish sisters, we hope that it encourages you to bring change in your traditions as you learn of our effort to be counted as full members of an ancient spiritual community."
by Malka Drucker, Illustrated by Elizabeth Rosen
Portraits of Jewish-American Heroes listed as one of the
Top Ten Religion Books for Youth: 2008 - Booklist Online
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Reviews and a note from the author
Related writing from Malka Drucker
Author and Rabbi Malka Drucker feels there are lessons to learn from studying heroes of any culture or ethnic group. Jim Terr talked to Drucker about her latest work.- Jim Terr is a song satirist and video producer in Santa Fe.
Hear the radio interview aired on KUNM radio, Sept. 4, 2008 (MP3 audio)
Malka Drucker speaks about White Fire. You need a current quicktime player to see this movie.
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Hear Straight to the Heart with Malka Drucker
GROWING A HEART OF WISDOM: THE PATH OF THE SAGE, Kol Nidre 5770. I've waited until Kol Nidre, the highest and deepest night of the year, to talk about a new way understand our lives and our relationships to the generations before and after us.
WHY ISRAEL, Rosh Hashanah Morning 5770 When I began to think about the future of Judaism, I asked friends what came to mind for them.... I'm going to tell you about the Israel I love and why I see it as key to the future of Judaism.
THE BEST NEWS IN JUDAISM TODAY: JEWISH RENEWAL, Erev Rosh Hashanah 5770 ... it's important to remember that Judaism is still here because it's been elastic enough to grow and learn how to remain potent for each generation.
Question from a congregant-"wouldn't it make more sense to atone one's missing the mark, and clear the slate BEFORE, the New Year?"
"To have the Rabbi going thru life’s processes at the same time is such a blessing-losing parents, not being filled with regret, wondering what one's authentic voice and contribution are after 60. "