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Across America, Reform congregations are seeking to make Judaism more relevant and exciting for the unaffiliated, secular, marginal and less active liberal Jews. Synagogues are searching for innovative and creative ways to bring these Jews into their communities after the High Holy Days. Every year, my congregation in Los Angeles, Temple Isaiah
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I like to tell the story of my grandfather’s arrival in America. It makes me feel proud to share that my grandfather, who was deaf, outsmarted the immigration officers in America. Before leaving Germany in 1937, my grandfather took lip reading lessons. Upon arrival in America, he was able to respond to the officer’s questions by reading his
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A year and a half ago, I along with my husband, Rabbi Don Goor, and our cat Merlin, made Aliyah. As I write this message and look out the windows of our Jerusalem apartment, there are storm clouds forming, the winds are picking up, the temperature is dropping, and the weather forecasters are calling for heavy rains turning to snow.
The
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Most of us have heard the old adage that when two Jews get together they have three opinions between them. This joke, though self deprecating, speaks to a truth about our people, that hearing other’s opinions and wrestling with them is something of great value and can contribute to our enlightenment and well being. If two people only had their
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Aldous Huxley taught, “After silence, that which comes nearest to expressing the inexpressible is music.” The most significant moments of our lives have a soundtrack; they have a musical framework that our families, our people, and our society build. During the civil rights movement in America, African American spirituals like Oh Freedom (
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