Posted by in glbt, Uncategorized Here is an interview with me in wonderful Online magazine theNextFamily . Blogger Brandy Black interviewed me for their religion issue! I hope you enjoy! http://thenextfamily.com/2011/04/congregation-kol-ami-rabbi-denise-eger/
Posted by in Uncategorized I’ve succumbed to that 21st century phenomenon- JDATE. Yes I admit it. I have been on JDATE. Just like the hundreds of couples who have been in my office who have met there-I have tried to take some inspiration from them. Perhaps I will meet someone on JDATE too. But I do have to say-please…Read more »
Posted by in Uncategorized I have no tears for Osama bin Laden. There is a reason the crowds have gathered at the White House, Time Square and Ground Zero. America feels a sense of vindication. A sense of justice done. The leader and mastermind of attacks on democracy and freedom through his evil terrorist network of Al-Qaida is dead.…Read more »
Posted by in Uncategorized Today is Yom Hashoa-Holocaust Memorial Day. It is hard to confront the reality of the Shoa. Six million Jews murdered. Seven million others murdered by the Nazi killing machine. Gays, Jehovah Witnesses,Roma, the disabled and mentally ill, political prisoners, labor unionists and everyone else who did not fit the so-called Aryan model of perfection. There…Read more »
Posted by in Uncategorized So the end of the world is here. The Huffington Post reported on the end of the world billboards that have appeared all over California and increasingly in other parts of the U.S. proclaiming May 21, 2011 as Judgement Day. Some Christian Fundamentalist made this prediction. According to the article these billboards are “courtesy’ of…Read more »
Posted by in Uncategorized Today is the last day of Pesach. The Torah tells us to celebrate Passover for seven days. Reform Jews and all Israeli Jews will observe the Biblical number of days. Yet every year there are questions about the “correct” number of days to observe Passover. Conservative and Orthodox Jews outside of Israel add an…Read more »
Posted by in Uncategorized As many of you know I hope I am an avid Tweeter. I love the short form of Twitter messages and tweet daily. You can follow me @deniseeger or @egerdl. Yes I love it so much that I have two accounts! Even the temple tweets @kolamila! Sign up to follow all of these. Last year…Read more »
Posted by in Uncategorized Today is Earth Day. You will hear a lot of emphasis on caring for our planet, recycling, energy reduction including reducing your own carbon footprint. There are simple things you can and should do including changing all your light bulbs to CFL ones rather than incandescent ones. You can take your phone charger out of…Read more »
Posted by in Uncategorized Happy Passover one and all. I hope your Seder was joyful and yummy too. Tonight many will celebrate a second seder but what makes tonight so different is the counting of the omer. It begins on the second night of Passover and culminates 50 days later in our next festival of Shavuot. Each night (or…Read more »
Posted by in Uncategorized Tonight Jews will sit down to the Seder meal. The service at the table will try to bring about order out of the chaos of slavery. The story of the Exodus is nothing short of a creation story. It is the creation of the Jewish people. The word Seder means order. And while there is…Read more »
Walking Humbly. Seeking Justice. Living with Hope. 