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joseph
Measure for measure: Parashat Miketz (Genesis 41:1-44:17)
Jewish Journal
December 12, 2012
There are a good many details about the Joseph narratives that elude ready explanation. We absorb them readily and ignore them just as readily.
Power of words: Parashat Vayeshev (Genesis 37:1-40:23)
Rabbi Joshua Levine Grater
December 5, 2012
In our age of Facebook and Twitter, we know all too well how fast words can spread. When I was a kid, we played the game telephone, passing a word or phrase around the circle by whispering it into each other’s ear, knowing that by the time it went all the way around, it would probably be transformed into something completely different — that was funny!
‘La Rafle’ recalls Vichy sins
Jewish Journal
November 15, 2012
The biblical book of Exodus begins the ominous story of the Israelites’ descent into slavery with the following words: “A new generation arose” in Egypt that did not know Joseph.
All-women ‘Joseph’ a dream come true
Orit Arfa
November 10, 2010
At a recent dress rehearsal at Temple Beth Am for the Jewish Women’s Repertory Company’s (JWRC) November production of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s “Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat,” Margy Horowitz, the company’s founder, musical director and accompanist, played piano while the narrator belted out the famous opening line: “Some folks dream of the wonders they’ll do, before their time on this planet is through.”
Quality of Life
Rabbi Daniel Bouskila
December 31, 2008
Parshat Vayigash (Genesis 44:18-47:27): It was brief. Jacob, head of the House of Israel, met with Pharaoh, King of Egypt
Crossing paths
Rabbi Lisa Edwards
December 18, 2008
Parshat Vayeshev (Genesis 37:1-40:23) How about, for starters — crossed path by crossed path, person by person, angel by angel — a rescued world?
Obituaries
Jewish Journal
May 15, 2008
Madeleine Adler died April 13 at 83. She is survived by her daughter, Jackie (Doug) Bristol; son, Robert (Maxine); two grandchildren; and sister, Vera Adler. Malinow and Silverman
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