Maggid Andrew Ramer is a writer, teacher, and storyteller best known for his book, Queering the Text: Biblical, Medieval, and Modern Jewish Stories, and for his blessings and prayers in Congregation Sha’ar Zahav’s innovative and inclusive prayer book.
Family April 30, 2015
Editor's note: This story concludes a series by Andrew Ramer about the deep roots of family legacies and the impact of early childhood experiences on the adults we become. You can see all stories by Andrew Ramer at https://3200stories.org/authors/andrew-ramer. The tribes of ancient Israel... Read more
Family February 9, 2015
A popular tee shirt in the 1980s read, “It’s never too late to have a happy childhood.” Those words appear in Tom Robbins’ Still Life With Woodpecker and are the title of a book by Claudia Black, a founder of the Adult Children of Alcoholics... Read more
Family September 18, 2014
I love this picture. It sits on a shelf in my study that’s lined with photographs of beloved friends and relatives, half living and half of them dead. I think of them as my backup crew and talk to them every morning. “It’s foggy.... Read more