Quotes from Erica Brown

If we are indeed created in God's image, then we, too, must create and then we, too, must rest.

I took to religion at about age 12; it was very hard for me to be Sabbath observant as a kid in a home which was not Sabbath observant. I think my parents thought the whole Jewish thing was a phase.

For me, study is a divine and daily imperative, and I study a page of Talmud daily so that I am not only teaching. My teaching is constantly being fed by my learning.

I have a principle I often invoke in class: comfortable people don't grow. Good teachers need to engage in the paradox of making students feel comfortable and uncomfortable in equal measure.

I love lighting Shabbat candles at the onset of Shabbat. It helps me create a strong and firm demarcation of time.

I love space opera, and I believe that every sub-genre has potential no matter how old it is.

I love going to synagogue on Friday night and being swept in the melodies. Everyone seems more friendly and unburdened by the week and ready to be taken elsewhere.