This week the irrefutable evidence of global warming has surfaced. The New York Times had two articles that showed that the effects of global warming are taking its toll on our planet. One article documented the breaking of the Western Antarctica Ice Sheet. It said “Two groups of scientists report in journals Science and…Read more »
Winning Isn’t Everything
Los Angeles is in a winning frenzy and it isn’t even award season! Los Angeles teams, the Kings, Ducks and the Clippers are battling in their respective sports ‘ playoffs. Even if you are not a great basketball or hockey fan you can’t escape the determination and grit that these players show during each game. …Read more »
Yom HaAtzmaut 2014: 66 Israeli Heroes
Complex Miracle, Israel
Israel’s Independence Day is a day for rejoicing. Next Tuesday Israel will mark 66 years since its rebirth on the international stage. Yom Ha-atzmaut, Israel Independence Day is not just a secular holiday but for all Jews around the world, Israel’s rebirth day is the fulfillment of an age – old dream. It is a…Read more »
Holocaust Remembrance pushes us toward peace
This weekend we will observe Yom Hashoa, Holocaust Memorial Day. With every passing day more and more Holocaust survivors die. And more veterans of World War II who were eye witnesses to the camps and liberators of the camps die as well. This is why it is absolutely imperative to gather to remember and pray…Read more »
Easter/Ishtar and the violence of the Season
This was my sermon from last Friday night April 18, 2014 Today Christians around the world marked Good Friday. This is the day when Jesus died at the hands of the Roman Empire on the cross that would then become the symbol of Christianity. On Sunday Christians will gather for Easter morning services to celebrate…Read more »
Hoppy Passover!
To Eat or Not to Eat: Kitnyot that is!
Every year at Passover the great debate rages: to eat kitniyot or not. Kitniyot are a classification of food that Jews of Ashkenazi descent (European) do not eat and Sephardic Jews (Mediterranean) do eat them. For example, Ashkenazi Jews would not eat rice on Passover and yet, Jews from Morroco, Spain, or Turkey would absolutely…Read more »
Search for Chametz – YouTube http://ow.l
Search for Chametz – YouTube http://ow.ly/vAmz9 Watch @deniseeger explain the Search for chametz- Come and learn #kolami #Passover
How Jews Brought America to the Tipping Point on Marriage Equality: Lessons for the Next Social Justice Issues
This is a very important and interesting article the author cites Reform Jewish Institutions like the Religious Action Center. Which is a joint project of the CCAR, the Reform Rabbis and the URJ, Lay leaders ! How Jews Brought America to the Tipping Point on Marriage Equality: Lessons for the…Read more »