Posted by in Uncategorized Please read my guest blog post on Karen Ocamb’s wonderful blog LGBT POV. It is about my recent meeting with Los Angeles’ new Roman Catholic Archbishop Jose Gomez. He will take over the L. A. diocese from Cardinal Mahoney upon Mahoney’s retirement at age 75 at the end of February 2011.
Posted by in Uncategorized Stephen Colbert testified before Congress last week about his experience as a farm worker as part of the United Farm Worker’s “Take Our Job Program”. In usual Colbert style he brought humor and light to a very serious subject. All too often those especially who are conservatives make the charge that immigrant farm workers are “stealing…Read more »
Posted by in Uncategorized Sadly, the last week is here. That is the last week of the 2010 MLB season. The regular season ends next Sunday, Oct 3. Yikes! Where did the boys of summer go? It went way too fast. I didn’t go to enough games. I didn’t soak it in enough and now the last week is…Read more »
Posted by in Uncategorized On Yom Kippur Day the women of Kol Ami took pictures with Torah scrolls to be part of the Women of the Wall Campaign to flood Israeli leadership with women holding scrolls. If you want to add your picture to the campaign visit the Women of the Wall website. (or make a donation!) Of…Read more »
Posted by in Torah Commentary, Uncategorized Sukkot Rabbi Denise L. Eger This week we celebrate Sukkot the fall harvest festival beginning on Wednesday evening, September 22. Today is the first full day of the holy day. On the fifteenth of the seventh month (shall be the holiday of Sukkot, seven days for the God . The first day shall be a…Read more »
Posted by in glbt, Uncategorized Yesterday’s Senate debacle on the Defense Authorization bill was shameful. The Democratic Leadership starting with Harry Reid and working its way back to President Obama sold out the LGBT community by once again saying they are committed to LGBT rights but not really working fully for LGBT inclusion. My goodness they couldn’t get the votes. The vote…Read more »
Posted by in Uncategorized Therefore Choose Life Rabbi Denise L. Eger, Yom Kippur Morning 5771. We live in a world surrounded by death. War, famine, floods, gas line explosions in San Bruno and vampires. We are a culture that glorifies death. Who would have thought that one of the most popular TV shows is about a police man that…Read more »
Posted by in Uncategorized With Yom Kippur over our thoughts turn to the Fall Harvest Festival of Sukkot. Time to build that sukkah, the small hut that will be our banquet hall and hotel for a week. Beginning Wednesday night and lasting for 7 nights (if you are Reform or live in Israel), Sukkot is a wonderful joyous holiday.…Read more »
Posted by in Uncategorized Below is my Kol Nidre Sermon for 5771. Tonight-I want to tell you a story. A midrash. Midrash is a form of Jewish story that helps us better understand the Torah, that helps us better understand life. And on this holy night of Kol Nidre, when we seek out God’s forgiveness and the forgiveness of…Read more »
Posted by in Uncategorized Yom Kippur Rabbi Denise L. Eger This Shabbat is Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement. The regular torah reading for this Shabbat corresponds to the portion that we read on Yom Kippur morning and the special portion we read on Yom Kippur afternoon. In the morning we read from Parshat Nitzavim in Deuteronomy and in…Read more »
Walking Humbly. Seeking Justice. Living with Hope. 