Thanksgiving 2020: Roots and Branches
To quote a famous commentator, the world IS upside down! Waking up on Thanksgiving morning to drizzle and clouds and a somewhat empty feeling. Thinking about a passage from [Read more...]
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Before Shiva
This is the first of a series of poems contributed to Jewish Sacred Aging by Sue Klau. Future poems will also appear as guest blog posts. [Read more...]
Health Care Access: Let Tzedek Reign
With the election fast approaching, we are aware of the primary aspect of the discussion around health care and access to affordable and quality care. One of the workshops [Read more...]
B’reisheet: Genesis 1: “Try To Remember”
And so we begin again! A new year, a new encounter with Torah as we gather to begin again with Genesis. A wonderful and challenging portion, from the creation stories to the [Read more...]
Simchat Torah –V’Zot Ha’Bracha:
Sukkot concludes this weekend with Simchat Torah. We finish the Torah with the reading of the portion V’zot ha’bracha and begin immediately with Genesis 1. From [Read more...]
Sukkot 5781: The Blessings Are In The Details.
Chag Sameach! Sukkot has arrived and with it the Lulav and Etrog, the elaborate and simple Sukkot and a totally different feel from the formality of the High Holidays. We [Read more...]
For A New Year 5781: Lift Up Our Eyes and Choose
Shannah Tovah. What a very different New Year season! So much has changed and so much is different. Yet, so much is the same, for the root basic human issues remain with us, [Read more...]
Guest Blog Post: Kaddish during the COVID-19 Pandemic
Guest contributor Helene Zipkin describes her experience with the Kaddish prayer and its alternatives during the COVID pandemic. [Read more...]
Is This Our Elul Of Discontent?
NO!. Ok, so as we venture into the month of Elul, and we begin to turn our souls to the approaching High Holidays, it will be very easy for so many of us to focus on the [Read more...]
Here’s What You Can Do to Help Combat Voter Suppression
This blog post by Justin Meszler, a rising high school junior and a L’Taken alumni, was originally posted on the Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism's blog. [Read more...]
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