Archive for December, 2008
Tuesday, December 30th, 2008
Planning Your Interfaith Jewish Wedding
NEW LOCATION FOR PROGRAM: PALO ALTO
What makes a wedding “Jewish”? How can we integrate elements from both our backgrounds? Where will we get an officiant? Do we want a rabbi? What are other couples doing? Where can we get a chuppah (wedding canopy) or a ketubbah (wedding contract)?
Join other interfaith couples to discuss the [...]
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Tuesday, December 30th, 2008
Three New Year Resolutions
Resolutions
Most of us will give some thought to New Year’s Resolutions. Let me suggest three:
1. Spend sometime thinking about what you value in your heritage. Try writing it down.
2. Tell your partner what you wrote and listen to what he/she wrote. Try to really understand what is the same and what is different.
3. Ask yourself [...]
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Tuesday, December 23rd, 2008
PJ Library: books for kids ages 6 mos to 5 years
Read to your kids with PJ Library
The Jewish Federations are distributing free of charge, age-appropriate Jewish-content books and music on a monthly basis to families with children from 6 months to age 5½. I love this program! Reading to children improves everything – their reading skills, their bonding with you, their listening and learning skills. [...]
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Wednesday, December 17th, 2008
Joy instead of Just Hassle
The big crush of Chanukah meets Christmas will begin this coming weekend when Chanukah starts on Sunday night. With it comes the question of just how many presents do we give the kids? How will we wrap them? Where and when will we open them?
I vote for fewer presents and more memories. Every year I [...]
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Wednesday, December 17th, 2008
Holiday Happiness Guidelines
Every year I advocate for memories over materialism. Be with the people you love instead of shopping for them. I always send you a list of things you can do with loved ones. Take each night of Chanukah, and add any nights for Christmas or other holidays you observe this month and have fun with [...]
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Wednesday, December 10th, 2008
Thinking about Christmas
Thinking about Christmas
I have spoken to several people about Christmas and I want to reiterate what I hope you all will do – don’t try to change your observance of the holidays now. It’s too late in the year to suddenly tell your sweetheart that you can’t bear to have a Christmas tree this year. [...]
