Today, August 8, 2025, would have been Rabbi Gendler's 97th birthday. As I'm sure many people can relate, I think of him often. In uncertain times, when I find myself afraid to speak up, I'm reminded of his strength and bravery to say what he felt needed to be said and to do what he [...]
Many of us know each other because we met at the Gendler's home. Whether it was to celebrate a mitzvah, a birthday party, or a holiday, we have shared memories of laughter, deep conversations, and moments of reflection. I remember the first time Everett took me outside to look at the moon at a Passover [...]
Today marks the third secular yahrzeit of Rabbi Everett Gendler. I am reminded of him often. There's a belief in Judaism that people die twice, once when they physically die and a second time when your name is forgotten. Over the last year, we have engaged in several remembrance projects that ensure that his name [...]
On September 20, 2024, friends and family of Rabbi Everett Gendler gathered together at Phillips Academy in Andover, Massachusetts — where Everett served as the school’s first Jewish Chaplain from 1977 to 1995 — for the dedication of the Gendler Peace Circle. Following Rabbi Gendler’s death on April 1, 2022, former Andover students Joe Tatelbaum [...]
On Thursday, June 13, we traveled to Kiamesha Lake, New York, for the installation of the sixth of twenty historical markers that are being placed throughout the Catskills by the Borscht Belt Historical Marker Project. It was on this land that the Rabbinical Assembly gathered at the Concord Resort for their annual meetings, and Rabbi [...]
Join us on June 13 in Kiamesha Lake, New York (the site of the old Concord Resort), when a photo of Rabbi Gendler and Dr. King from March 1968 is installed on a plaque as part of the Borscht Belt Historical Marker Project! The mission of the project is to "interpret and designate places important [...]
On Sunday, May 19, 2024, Yale University President Peter Salovey spoke to the graduating class of 2024 about the importance of love and compassion, as well as forgiveness and understanding. As Tamar listened from her role as a dean, Naomi as a parent of a student, Finn as a soon-to-be graduate, and Mary as a [...]
On Sunday, May 19, 2024, Yale University President Peter Salovey spoke to the graduating class of 2024 about the importance of love and compassion, as well as forgiveness and understanding. As Tamar listened from her role as a dean, Naomi as a parent of a student, Finn as a soon-to-be graduate, and Mary as a [...]
For someone who loved to observe the interplay between the celestial and earthly rhythms of life, it seems appropriate that Rabbi Gendler's (z"l) yahrzeit occurred on the evening of a total eclipse of the sun. I hope everyone enjoyed stopping for a few minutes to observe something larger than themselves. May his memory be for [...]
It's hard to believe, but today marks the second secular yahrzeit of Rabbi Everett Gendler (z"l). I assume that many of you, like me, think of or are reminded of him often. Last week, Tamar sent me a photo of her daughter rolling Shabbat candles in Great Barrington. They had what she called "an Everett [...]
