Archive for September, 2009
Wednesday, September 16th, 2009
Women in Interfaith Relationships (Palo Alto)
A Discussion for Girlfriends, Wives, Mothers & Grandmothers
Are you raising a child with a partner of a different (or no) religious tradition? How does gender impact interfaith relationships? Society places expectations on women as girlfriends, wives, mothers, grandmothers, aunts and best friends. Even in the 21st century, the home is the domain of the female [...]
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Wednesday, September 16th, 2009
Women In Interfaith Relationships (Oakland)
A discussion for girlfriends, wives, mothers and grandmothers
Join other women, Jewish or not, to examine interfaith marriage in relation to culture and gender. What are the unique expectations and responses that a woman encounters as she creates a home and builds a family life in which her religion is not that of her partner? Join [...]
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Tuesday, September 15th, 2009
High Holidays: I’ve been here before
I’m quite fond of Rabbi Raffi Asher of B’nai Tikvah in Walnut Creek. I have known him a long time. He is very tall and always seems to bend slightly forward to come closer to short people like me. I like what he wrote about the High Holiday experience – I’m a fan of the film [...]
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Friday, September 11th, 2009
Remembering 9-11
Dear Friends,
Eight years ago we all ran to the television or the radio as we learned the news of the planes hitting the Twin Towers in New York. It was a morning of shock and fear. I know for a fact that at least one person on this list was one of the firefighters who [...]
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Friday, September 11th, 2009
9-11
Dear Chevreh,
Rabbi Menachem Creditor shared these memories and thoughts on that Sept. 11, eight years ago.
I remember leaving class at JTS that Tuesday morning and going downstairs to move my car. A friend was in the elevator when I got in and asked, “did you hear about the planes that flew into the World Trade Center just now?” [...]
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Friday, September 11th, 2009
Elul: a month of preparation
I love the Jewish month of Elul; we are in Elul now. Much as I hate to see the summer fade I love the renewal of communal life that comes with the fall. Now the synagogues rev up, there is the bustle to prepare for the holidays, the round up of volunteers who help with [...]
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Wednesday, September 9th, 2009
How I Decided to Raise My Kids Jewish
How I Decided to Raise my Kids Jewish
How do non-Jewish parents decide to raise their children as Jews? What are their concerns? Once the decision is made, how did they make it happen? Did they retain their own religion? How do they share their identity with their children? Come hear a panel of non-Jewish parents [...]
