Moses and King
Rabbi Joshua Levine Grater
January 19, 2006
This week we meet Moses, our new leader and adviser. Moses is commanded to go to Egypt, gather the people and demand their freedom from Pharaoh.
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Finding Love in the In-Between
Sandee Brawarsky
December 2, 2004
It\’s a novel with humor and a good share of darkness as well as light, the contrast alluded to in the Psalm from which the title is drawn, \”Weeping may endure for a night. But joy comes in the morning.\”
Silence Is Golden
Rabbi Elazar Muskin
October 28, 2004
A saleswoman, driving home in northern Arizona, sees a Navajo woman hitchhiking, stops the car and invites the Navajo woman to join her.
In Search of Scrolls at Auschwitz
Amy Klein
May 27, 2004
What was buried in those two containers? Could it have survived 65 years, the decimation of the town, the deportation of 12,000 Jews , the burning of the dozens of synagogues?
Love the Stranger
Rabbi Zoë Klein
April 29, 2004
The freeways were quiet and the city seemed peaceful at 4:30 a.m. as I drove to the hospital.
Just Do It
Rabbi Moshe D. Bryski
March 18, 2004
Back in 1981, when I was attending rabbinical college in Boston, there was a young rabbi — fresh out of seminary — who founded a small congregation in the Boston suburb South Brookline.
Divine Wedding
Rabbi Zoë Klein
March 11, 2004
Years ago, my husband and I climbed the alleged Mount Sinai, the Perseus shower streaked the Egyptian night sky with shooting stars.
Permission to Grieve
Rabbi Lisa Edwards
November 20, 2003
Years ago, one of my colleagues had the awesome task of officiating at the funeral of a 9-year-old girl killed by a car while riding her bicycle.
Jewels of Our Lives
Reb Mimi Feigelson
September 25, 2003
There are stories that one needs to hear many times in order to remember them, in order to file them in a manner that they can be retrieved when needed.
Making Dyslexia Funny
Adam Wills
August 7, 2003
T he Fonz was the ultimate of cool on "Happy Days," but in real life Henry Winkler struggled through school. Winkler and his parents — who called him stupid and lazy — didn\’t know that he was dyslexic until he was diagnosed at age 30.
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