New Articles!
On Ritual:
"Judaism without the Experts" on JTA.org
"A Jewish Wedding without God" on JTA.org
On Jewish Holidays:
Chanukah: "A Twist on Chanukah Giving" on JTA.org
Purim: "Turn your World Upside Down" on JTA.org
On Parenting:
Tiger Ima: "The Spiritual Life of Parents?" Special to the Jewish Week
"Scrapbooking Baby" on kveller.com
"Blessing your Child: A Reminder that Parenting is about more than Dirty Diapers" on kveller.com
Older Articles
"Tzedakah for Kids: Actions Speak Louder than Words" on MyJewishLearning.com"How to talk to Kids about Brit Milah: Cut and Dry?" on MyJewishLearning.com
Meet Officiants
JLife consulting partners with these talented Rabbis who are available to officiate at life cycle events for JLife Consulting's clients.
Rabbi David Ingber

While his training is in the traditional Orthodox world Rabbi David currently works within a progressive, egalitarian Jewish framework. He works with couples to create a unique spiritual and personal dimension to each wedding ceremony and life cycle ceremony at which he officiates. Rabbi David's goal is to help fashion a meaningful wedding ceremony that customizes traditional elements to fit the unique needs of each couple. This integrated approach maintains a strong Jewish ritual component while ensuring that the individuality of the couples he works with is central. It is this spiritual and personal approach that makes Rabbi David a gifted officiant. Rabbi David and his wife Ariel, make their home in New York City.
Rabbi Jennifer E. Krause

author of The Answer: Making Sense of Life, One Question at a Time (Penguin/Perigee), and her work and commentary have been featured in publications, such as Newsweek, US News and World Report, Jewish Living,
Jewish Woman, the New York Times, and O, The Oprah Magazine.
For more than a decade, Rabbi Krause has balanced the timeless beauty of inherited rituals and traditions with the uniqueness of every couple and family she’s had the honor of working with under wedding canopies, at baby namings, and in leading private adult and children’s B’nai Mitzvah ceremonies.
Rabbi Krause is the High Holidays rabbi at the 92nd Street Y—the first woman in the Y’s 135-year history to hold this post. She is a graduate of the Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion. Born and raised in Tucson, AZ, and makes her home in New York City.
Great Resources:
Jewish Life Cycle Speech Writers
Tali Tarlow, Your Jewish Speech
Ketubah Artists
Rachel Deitsch, New World Ketubah
Stefanie Caplan, The Ketubah
Sonia Gordon-Walinsky, Pasuk Art
Readings
For Baby Namings
Anita Diamant. The New Jewish Baby Book, Second Edition Woodstock, Vermont: Jewish Lights Publishing, 2005.
Debra Nussbaum Cohen. Celebrating Your New Jewish Daughter. Woodstock, Vermont: Jewish Lights Publishing, 2001.
For Bar/Bat Mitzvah
Rabbi Goldie Milgram. Make Your Own Bar/Bat Mitzvah. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass, 2004.
For Weddings
Anita Diamant. The New Jewish Wedding, Revised and Updated. New York, NY: Fireside, 2001.
Gabrielle Kaplan-Mayer. The Creative Jewish Wedding Book. Woodstock, VT: Jewish Lights Publishing, 2004.








