Posted by in Uncategorized What makes a worshiping community? Is it the Rabbi and Cantor “presenting” services each time? Or is it a group of committed people who come sincerely together to pray, to study and to support each other? Is it a combination of these things? Is it people both lay and professional Jews who work together to create sacred…Read more »
Posted by in Uncategorized Parshat V’Etchanan Deuteronomy 3:23 -7:11 Rabbi Denise L. Eger This week’s Shabbat is known as Shabbat Nachamu- the Sabbath of Comfort or Consolation because it is the Shabbat that follows Tisha B’av. Its name comes from the Haftarah portion from Isaiah which begins, “Nachamu Nachamu et ami… Comfort, Comfort My People. The…Read more »
Posted by in Uncategorized Thinking today about the Shema prayer. It is in this week’s portion, Veetchanan in Deuteronomy. Hear O Israel Adonai is Your God, Adonai is One. These words have guided and shaped the Jewish people. These words form some of my earliest childhood memories -as my parents taught me to say the Shema every night before…Read more »
Posted by in Uncategorized On this 9th of Av, Jewish national day of mourning the tragedies that befell our people, I take pride in our accomplishments. We are a people that have endured! We are a people that have contributed much to the human family! We are a people that is willing to adapt and renew itself in the…Read more »
Posted by in Uncategorized Here is a wonderful story of redemption for Tisha B’av Rabban Yochanan ben Zakkai Saves Torah Annette Labovitz The three-year Roman siege of Yerushalayim portended doom for Jewish nationalism. The inhabitants of the Holy City were divided; some were wearied from the hopelessness of the situation; others, although refusing to surrender, fought among themselves. Hunger…Read more »
Posted by in Uncategorized This is a fascinating article from New scientist magazine about the origins of the universe. It asks scientific questions that religious folks have been asking for millennia! Wondering what came before creation and how the universe came into being are questions that have been asked by our sages and rabbis as well. Even the Torah…Read more »
Posted by in Uncategorized As technology changes the way we do things and perceive things here is a wonderful article about video streaming and the High Holy Days. We at Kol Ami video stream regular Friday night services but the location we are at during High Holy Days makes it impossible at this time using the same technology that…Read more »
Posted by in Uncategorized The murder of Leiby Kletzky was a tragic event that has brought together people of all faiths and creeds in grief and heartache. Young Leiby’s death reminds us that consolation comes from all peoples, not just peoples of a particular stripe. The disgusting attribution made by Yehuda Levin, that young Leiby’s death happened because…Read more »
Posted by in Uncategorized Japan’s Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant has stabilized, officials say – latimes.com. This plant will be an issue for years to come. It is truly the worst nuclear disaster. How sad for Japan. How sad for the world.
Posted by in Uncategorized This is an important article that appeared in the Jewish Daily Forward! Gay Marriage in New York Puts Conservative Rabbis on the Spot By Naomi Zeveloff Published June 29, 2011, issue of July 08, 2011. Read more: http://www.forward.com/articles/139292/#ixzz1RguQvo3j Orthodox rabbis fought it. Reform rabbis championed it. And when New York’s historic same-sex marriage bill was…Read more »
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