Rabbi Mira Rivera’s favorite inspirational quote, she told New York Jewish Week, is from dancer and choreographer Martha Graham: “I believe that we learn by practice. Whether it means to learn to dance by practicing dancing or to learn to live by practicing living, the principles are the same. … One becomes in some area an athlete of God.” Rivera is the first Filipina-American woman ordained at The Jewish Theological Seminary; she serves as Rabbi-in-Residence nationally with The LUNA...
