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Tag: Shabbat

St. Mary's Shabbat

St. Mary’s Shabbat

Posted on May 15, 2015May 14, 2015 by David Joslin
Having been raised in an observant Italian Catholic household, I understand the importance of family, food, holidays, and motherly guilt. This week marks the 10th anniversary of my conversion to Judai... Read More
Sanctifying Black Lives

Sanctifying Black Lives

Posted on November 26, 2014November 26, 2014 by Alex Weissman
Our nation is in spiritual crisis. As a nation, we have profaned the holiness of God as it is manifest in black lives. There are not sufficient words to describe the pain and injustice that is present... Read More
Mining our Political Past for Spiritual Sustenance

Mining our Political Past for Spiritual Sustenance

Posted on April 1, 2013April 1, 2013 by Alex Weissman
A few weeks ago, I completed my final assignment from my third semester of rabbinical school (which ended in January). I’m not one to put things off like that, but this was a special assignment.... Read More
Shabbat Shira and the Power of a Nigun

Shabbat Shira and the Power of a Nigun

Posted on January 28, 2013January 30, 2013 by Lauren Tuchman
In addition to being Tu Bishvat—The New Year for the Trees, a minor holiday which has been increasing in significance due to its environmental and Kabbalistic themes, this past Shabbat happened also... Read More
How Do You #Keep the Sabbath?

How Do You #Keep the Sabbath?

Posted on November 14, 2012November 13, 2012 by Alasdair Ekpenyong
–“The Pharisees said, This man is not from #God, because He does not keep the #Sabbath” -#John 9:16 It was a Sunday morning in April when a man named Tagg uploaded a picture of his... Read More
The World to Come

The World to Come

Posted on August 20, 2012August 19, 2012 by Adina Allen
Shabbat is not only the way we as Jews sustain ourselves, it is how anyone dissatisfied with the world as it is visions and creates the world as they imagine it should be. In the fallout from the trag... Read More
Rabbi (or) Da-da

Rabbi (or) Da-da

Posted on July 23, 2012July 22, 2012 by Michael Ramberg
The Shabbat before last was undoubtedly the best day my daughter Tina and I have spent together since I started my first job as a rabbi a few weeks ago.  Saturday morning we took a walk together—Ti... Read More

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