It is not up to you to finish the task, but you are not free to avoid it.
*Reprinted with permission from the Temple Reyim Bulletin Article, January 2011 There is a very famous saying from Pirkei Avot (Ethics of our Fathers),...
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Helping Haifa
When the Carmel fires were raging a few months ago, Jenna Adler, a teacher at Brookline's Maimonides School wanted to do something, and she knew...
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FAST to FEED: Help Fight Hunger in Greater Boston
On Yom Kippur, most of us wake up hungry by choice, but many in our own community wake up...
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Compelled to Serve: What really inspires us to volunteer?
The bar/bat mitzvah experience for many teens involves becoming involved with tikkun olam, repairing the world. When I became a bat mitzvah, it meant donating a...
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A Life-Changing Experience in Uganda
For Gann alumna Naomi Plasky '07, the urge to embark on something completely different after college couldn't be ignored. Five months after graduating from the University...
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Gann Students Wrestle with Complexities of Tikkun Olam
Last Wednesday’s Limud Clali highlighted service missions that senior Elie Lehmann and Rabbi David Jaffe took to Ghana with the American Jewish World Service (AJWS)...
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The Modern Haggadah Part 2: New Voices and the Reactionary
This year I tried something new at my family’s Seder. We used a new Haggadah! After researching various Haggadot, I picked: The Wandering is Over...
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Showing My Gratitude at Thanksgiving
Things for which I am extraordinarily thankful: A post-baby body that is a wee bit smaller than my pre-baby body The chance to take a...
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Russian Jewish Community Comes Together to Help Rescue the Children of Sderot From Rockets
In November 2012, Jews around the world stopped and watched, their emotions a jittery mix of fear, hope, and pride, as Israel launched Operation Pillar...
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Today It's the Muslims, Tomorrow Who Knows ? A Lesson From The Dreyfus Affair
The Dreyfus Affair was a troubling event not only because it subjected an innocent man to undeserved persecution, but because of the level of intolerance...
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