Ten Things You Can Do Today to Strengthen Our Community
1. Find truth in the Torah. Ask your rabbi to give a Dvar Torah (or write your own) about the tragic events of the past month and...
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Herons, Aluminum Cans, and Noah
The dusk deepened as we stood in prayer in the small meadow beside the pond after hearing the haunting melody of Kol Nidre and its...
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Limmud Comes to Boston, October 30-31, 2010
Limmud, the international sensation of Jewish experiential learning for the past 30 years, is coming to New England. A celebration of all things Jewish, annual...
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Legislating Happiness
Every week during the school year I take out the Torah from the Ark in our sanctuary, roll it to the proper column,...
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Born With a Knife in Their Hearts -- Questions for Rosh Hashanah
A week from today, many of you will listen to the Torah reading about the Akedat Yitzchak, the binding of Isaac, which is traditionally...
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Rapping About Rosh Hashanah
Wednesday morning, my day started with a visit from one of my colleagues, Nancy. She mentioned that every year, there seems to be a new...
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Parshat Pinchas: How Many Gods Are There?
How Many Gods Are There? Does it Matter?Rabbi Katy Z. Allen(originally posted June 30, 2010)In this week’s Torah portion, God tells Moses that he should...
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Ki Tetzei: Correction, Not Perfection
My son is turning fifteen this week. I can't wrap my brain around that number. Somehow, fourteen still seemed like a child, but fifteen...
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Learning From My Students
This afternoon I taught an adult education class at Temple Chayai Shalom in Easton entitled “Humanity, Creation and the Natural World,” the first of three...
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