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The Fire THIS Time
I am watching part of my city burn. I am watching the blocks around my old office be trashed, stores looted and pain and frustration be manifest in ways I foolishly thought were behind us.The [Read more…]
Month: May 2020
Seekers of Meaning-JSA Podcast
Rabbi David Teutsch, Jewish Ethicist, is guest on this week’s Seekers of Meaning Podcast
Rabbi David Teutsch, author of A Guide to Jewish Practice: Everyday Living, is this week’s guest. [Read more…]
JSA in the News
Rabbi Address interviewed on Hebrew Union College “College Commons” podcast
Rabbi Address was the guest on the “College Commons” podcast produced by Hebrew Union College during the biennial convention of the Union for Reform Judaism last fall. Listen to the podcast in the player below.
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Shavuot: Did We Miss Each Other At Sinai?
What a strange Shavuot this is! Many will gather at their local Zoom-Shul to celebrate the festival of first harvest and the historical linkage of the “revelation” at Sinai. There is that tradition that we [Read more…]
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Let Go and Live!
Rabbi Dr. Steven Moss suggests the best way to participate in sacred aging is to let go of negativity and move on. [Read more…]
Seekers of Meaning-JSA Podcast
Barbara Mancini, nurse-memoirist prosecuted in her father’s death, discusses book on Seekers of Meaning Podcast
Barbara Mancini, a Pennsylvania woman who was prosecuted for allegedly aiding the attempted suicide of her dying father, is the guest on this week’s Seekers of Meaning Podcast. [Read more…]
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Pirke Avot Shavuot Study: “Strive To Be A Human Being”
Shavuot greets us next week. (erev is May 28). We celebrate the 10 Commandments, Confirmation in many congregations and for this final Pirke Avot passage, we turn to a line from Chapter 2 of the collection [Read more…]
D'vrei Torah
B’Midbar (Numbers 1:1-4:20)…Is This A Wilderness Of Opportunity?
Once again, the presence and relevance of the text is fascinating. This week we begin the Book of Numbers. Our first portion is B’midbar from Numbers 1, and it is placed in the “wilderness”. Sometimes this is [Read more…]
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Never too old
Rabbi Dr. Steven Moss finds reasons for living in stories of two lives. [Read more…]
Reflections on Aging
Gratitude
Rabbi Stephen Karol finds elements of gratitude in the response to the coronavirus pandemic, through the thanksgiving prayers of the Jewish liturgy. [Read more…]