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Let the Wind Blow; Bring On the Rain

Audrey Merwin

It was only about a month and a half ago that we started to include the prayer for rain once again in T’filah: Mashiv haruach umorid hagashem, “You cause the wind to shift and rain to fall,” (Mishkan T’filah, p. 78).

URJ Establishes Hurricane Relief Fund

Kol ha-o-lam ku-lo Gesher tzar me'od

V'ha-i-kar, v'ha-I-kar Lo l'fa-ched, lo l'fached klal

The whole world is a very narrow bridge; the important thing is not to be afraid

-Rabbi Nachman of Bratslav

In response to the devastating impact of Hurricane Sandy, the

Reflections on 9/11: Post-Traumatic Growth

911.jpg10 years is a long time, yet for so many of us, September 11, 2001 feels like yesterday. I know exactly where I was when the World Trade Center was hit. We held our regularly scheduled senior staff meeting at the RAC.