Tu B’shvat – Protecting the Environment
It always strikes me as odd that this holiday occurs during the middle of winter. It would seem more appropriate to celebrate the birthday of the trees during any other […]
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Hanukkah – The Festival of Lights
Hanukkah is often referred to as the Festival of Lights. We add one candle to the Hanukkah menorah each of the eight nights of Hanukkah to commemorate the miraculous victory […]
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A Jewish Thanksgiving
I often tell my school aged children that you can never say “please” or “thank you” too much. It doesn’t get too old and no one will ever fault you […]
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Sukkot: Physical and Spiritual Protection
When the Israelites traveled in the wilderness they lived in temporary dwellings called huts or booths or sukkot. And in commemoration of that time in our Jewish past, we celebrate […]
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Complete Repentance
Complete Repentance During this season of the Jewish High Holidays, it is our responsibility to do tshuvah (repentance). Between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur there are ten days called Aseret […]...
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Do you 10Q?
Is there something (a person, a cause, an idea) that you want to investigate more fully? Have you had any particularly religious or spiritual experiences this past year? Is there […]
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Focus Israel
Participants include: JCC- ProfessionalsLynn Wittels – President and CEO Rabbi Brad Horwitz – Director of Helene Mirowitz Center of Jewish Community Life Craig Neuman – Director of Programming Zelda Sparks...
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Awake to the New Year- Rosh Hashanah Greetings
Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year, is celebrated this year by Jews around the world September 9-10, 2010. One of the main special rituals associated with this major holiday is […]
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Shavuot and Acts of Lovingkindness
On Friday, May 36 the Jewish holiday of Shavuot will begin, the holiday where we celebrate the giving of the Torah on Mt. Sinai by God to Moses and the […]
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Passover Greetings
With the onset of the Spring season each year the Jewish community celebrates the holiday of Passover. Actually, one of the Hebrew names given by the rabbis for Passover is […]
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