Archives: Voices
Tisha B’Av
“To hope is to give yourself to the future — and that commitment to the future is what makes the present inhabitable.” Rebecca Solnit
ReadOur Holocaust Torah – A New Mantle
Create a beautiful mantle for our scroll to use it throughout the year
ReadConnecting through small groups
As we head into the fourth month of sheltering in place many of us are struggling with loneliness and isolation.Physically-distant gatherings are now permitted and […]
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Junior Congregation is Now “Zoomier” Congregation
Junior Congregation became “Zoomior Congregation” at 10 am on March 21, when I set up my MacBook and a USB microphone in our living room […]
ReadA CBJ L’Dor Vador Connection Story
Back in 2016 when our daughter Eden was a 7th grader, CBJ connected my family with Fran and Gary Aron through L’Dor Vador, the teen-elder […]
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One Minute Torah – Ki Tavo 2019
When Immigration Enforcement officers pick-up people for deportation, they move them quickly to a distant facility.
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One Minute Torah – Vaetchanan 5779
This week’s One Minute Torah is from the archives. At the edge of MITs campus is a graduate-student apartment building called Eastgate. My husband David […]
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One Minute Torah – Yes! to Identity
This week’s One Minute Torah is from the archives. When I arrived home yesterday, Janae, our children’s nanny, announced: “Yaara defended me at the park […]
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