Showing posts with label Temple B'nai Brith. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Temple B'nai Brith. Show all posts
Tuesday, September 24, 2024

What we do, who we are, and the High Holy Days

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  Both last year and this year, in the month of Elul leading up to the High Holy Days, I have read Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg's On Repentanc...
Friday, May 16, 2014

"What's My Child Doing Up There?" ( an introduction to bar/bat mitzvah)

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There’s a lot of mystery around becoming bar or bat mitzvah, and there shouldn’t be.   In essence, it’s very simple.   When a Jewish bo...
Saturday, December 7, 2013

Joseph, Jonah, Miriam, and Nelson

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Some weeks in shul, I don't hear any cogent words about the Torah portion.  But today at Temple B'nai Brith , reading Parshat Va...
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Monday, September 9, 2013

My Prayers for Israel

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  Ever since the destruction of the Second Temple in 70 C.E., Jews have prayed to be restored to the land of Israel.  But to do what? Th...
Friday, June 7, 2013

Wrestling with Rebels

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Tomorrow, my student Abby K becomes bat mitzvah at Temple Beth Shalom in Melrose .  She will read from Parshat Korach and comment on it, and...
Tuesday, June 4, 2013

The Spies at the Bar and Bat Mitzvahs

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This past Saturday, Jews around the world read Parshat Sh'lach , the section of the Torah in which Moses sends out spies to scout out th...
Saturday, April 27, 2013

Jews and All the Peoples of the Earth

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One of the great things about being a bat/bar mitzvah tutor is that I'm constantly learning from twelve-year-olds. Sam is studying Par...
Saturday, June 23, 2012

Rebel, Rebel: a lesson from a bar mitzvah

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Modern-day people have a hard time with Parshat Korach , the section of the Torah we read in synagogue today (Leviticus 16-18).  Korach is...
Saturday, June 16, 2012

The Courage to Change, a lesson from a bat mitzvah

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I have to paraphrase something I wrote at this time last year:  I have tutored a lot of bar and bat mitzvah students on Parshat Sh'lach ...
Wednesday, June 22, 2011

Patience as Leadership

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I have tutored a lot of bar and bat mitzvah students on Parshat Sh'lach Lecha , the portion of the Torah before the wandering in the wil...
Sunday, September 5, 2010

Who's Responsible?

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Rosh Hashanah , the head of the Jewish year, begins at sunset this Wednesday night. It's a joyous time, with many beautiful melodies an...
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Sunday, September 13, 2009

Labor Day and Day of Rest

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At the alternative service at Temple B’nai Brith yesterday, my friend Marya Axner led in us a reflection on the rhythm of labor and rest i...