Here is an interesting article by Martin Peretz of the New Republic, highlighting his own views on Barack Obama and Israel.
Since this has been such an important issue for Jewish voters, it’s worth a read.
It seems counter-intuitive to the process of dealing with the Homeless: the deep efficiency of a statistical analysis. But after walking around two designated and meticulously mapped areas of Brooklyn, part of a group of more than 2500 volunteers who gave time two nights ago for the the New York City Department of […]
Here are a few responses from other congregations across the country.
For your consideration:
1. “About Kaddish lists that have grown to unmanageable size.
Our response is to list everyone on the announcement sheet, and ask those in
attendance to rise to say the names of those they are remembering. We do
this both to shorten the interminable list […]
Our Congregation has six Torah Scrolls, each more precious and beautiful than the next. Each a repository of the generations of Jews who have read from, learned from, and listened to its words chanted aloud. The Scrolls themselves derive from a variety of locations in Europe, remnants of Jewish communities that have, in […]
As promised, I posted our question on my rabbinic listserv and have thus far received one response from a fellow rabbi:
“It is the custom of our congregation to only read names of yahrzeits for those who are attending the service to commemorate the yahrzeit. Our secretary calls ahead to ask if the congregant will […]
Ritual Committee meeting tonight.
We addressed an historical and weighty matter.
The Kaddish List.
Each Friday and Saturday we read the names of deceased people on our official Temple Kaddish List for that Shabbat.
The names come from a few sources:
1. Current Members who list names of family members or others to be recited.
2. Late Members who, […]
The idea I am currently working on relates to the notion of what it would mean to create a transparent pulpit.
Meaning: what happens when a rabbi tells the running story about what it’s like to do this work? What are the rewards? What are the challenges? Where is there support and […]
CBE member Rachel Dretzin has a documentary airing tonight on Frontline called “Growing Up Online.”
Very much worth a look.
Here’s Felicia Lee’s review of it in today’s NYTimes.
CBE Yachad faculty member Guy Rozenstrich has a great show up of his new work at the Dam, Stuhltrager Gallery.
Check it out.
The decision to build the Nokia of electric cars is an exciting one for Israel–read on here in today’s Times.