It was almost 40 years ago that I met Debbie for the first time. Barely a child herself, she was hired to be our youth group advisor. It was just at the beginning - Sing Unto God had just come out, and to say that it was an exciting time to be a teenager in the Reform movement is a gross understatement. I had an opportunity to reflect on all that while I was davening with our 7th graders this morning. She changed the way we pray, the way we think about public worship, and she gave us our voices.
It was almost 40 years ago that I met Debbie for the first time. Barely a child herself, she was hired to be our youth group advisor. It was just at the beginning - Sing Unto God had just come out, and to say that it was an exciting time to be a teenager in the Reform movement is a gross understatement. I had an opportunity to reflect on all that while I was davening with our 7th graders this morning. She changed the way we pray, the way we think about public worship, and she gave us our voices.