From Gelt to Gimmel: A Personal Hanukkah Journey
Book Discussion: To the End of the Land
by Peter Shapiro
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Galilee Diary: Public Education II
by Marc Rosenstein
(Originally published in Ten Minutes of Torah and Galilee Diary)
Galilee Diary: Pluralism and Relativism
Mar, the son of Ravina, made a wedding for his son. He saw that the rabbis were getting too merry so he took a glass that was valued at four hundred zuz and broke it in front of them and they sobered up. -Babylonian Talmud, Berachot 30b
Galilee Diary: Country Roads
Let every valley be raised, every hill and mount made low. Let the rugged ground become level and the ridges become a plain. -Isaiah 40:4
Finding God, Finding Community, Finding Meaning
I had a difficult childhood. I joined a synagogue when I was 30, and I attended services fairly regularly, but I hated God.
Making Prayer Meaningful for Reform Jews
Rabbi Lawrence Hoffman of HUC-JIR was the visiting scholar this past Shabbat at Rodef Shalom of Falls Church, Virginia, as part of our 50th anniversary celebrations. After Shabbat morning services, he gave a brilliant and fascinating talk on prayer and spirituality.
Book Discussion: Sacred Trash: The Lost and Found World of The Cairo Geniza
Prior to reading Sacred Trash: The Lost and Found World of The Cairo Geniza, by Adina Hoffman and Peter Coles, if asked to define a geniza, my response would have been: "a place to bury sacred text that contained the name of God".
Book Discussion: Sacred Trash
by David Stein
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