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Forms and Flyers
92nd Street YI Fear To Add Words…
The tragedy of Sandy Hook Elementary School is so raw. Words, tens of thousands of them, heard in every form of media, spoken by so (Continue Reading »)
Category: The View from Jerusalem
Dr. Robert Putnam – A World Class Scholar, An Amazing Man
This Saturday night December 1, we will welcome Dr. Robert Putnam from Harvard University to Temple Sinai to share his views on the religious landscape (Continue Reading »)
We Are Family
On the day before I return home, I think of all that has happened, all that I have experienced since arriving here on June 20 (Continue Reading »)
More Than Adequate
My hotel, the Prima Royale is perfectly adequate. It is not glitzy or imperious. The carpets in the rooms have been walked on for oh, (Continue Reading »)
Jerusalem Kaleidoscope
Jerusalem is beyond my capacity to describe adequately. It is all the colors of life. It is the color of plants I cannot identify. It (Continue Reading »)
“And What Is My Life Span?”
So asked the poet, Yehuda Amichai. And the answer? Well, it might be measured in years. Or maybe we could measure the span of a (Continue Reading »)
“All My Life’s A Circle” Sang Harry Chapin – And He Was Right…
This is Samantha Shabman. She is a first year rabbinic student at Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion’s campus here in Jerusalem. I mentioned her (Continue Reading »)
It’s Tu B’Shevat! Let’s Have A National Labor Strike!
As the sun sets on Tu B’Shevat (New Year of the Trees), I have consumed more fruit and nuts than I care to admit. To (Continue Reading »)
Debbie Friedman Lives! Through Us And All Who Sing Her Life…
This past Saturday night was the Hebrew date yahrzeit for Debbie Friedman. Her life and work was celebrated at a Melave Malke (escorting out the (Continue Reading »)
A Very Typical Israeli Argument
Some think that all we do in Israel is work, study, drink coffee and talk about the political situation, both in the country and the (Continue Reading »)
