Archive for June, 2010
Sunday, June 27th, 2010
Let’s go to the Movies: Saviors in the Night
The 2010 San Francisco Jewish Film Festival is underway! Come with me to see Saviors in the Night. Saviors is a true story about a German Catholic family who hid a Jewish family during the Holocaust.
Go online and buy your ticket at: www.sfjff.org
As usual I’d like to get together for a dinner of [...]
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Friday, June 25th, 2010
Do you want community for your child?
So often we will do for our children things we don’t make the effort to do for ourselves, no matter how valuable. Recently I read a string of emails on the Berkeley Parents Network in response to a mother asking for help in building a community for her child. One mom replied that [...]
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Friday, June 18th, 2010
Happy Father’s Day on Sunday
Happy Father’s Day to all you Dads – Jewish, Muslim, Catholic, Lutheran, Atheist, Pagan, whatever and whoever you are! I rejoice that I get to be on this journey with you — as you make your relationship strong, articulate the core values you want to teach your children, give back to the [...]
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Thursday, June 10th, 2010
Common Ground for Interfaith Couples: Meaningful Acts
A volunteer for the Jewish Literacy Coalition reads with a young boy
Finding Meaning in Life
If you asked the proverbial Man on the Street, where can you go to find Jews? The most common answer would be, a synagogue. But statistically you’d be better off going to a food pantry or a homeless [...]
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Friday, June 4th, 2010
Being Stuck
Sometimes couples feel “stuck.” They’ve tried to negotiate but both of them have something they can’t let go of. Usually they are trying to be fair but there doesn’t seem to be a midpoint. It’s often a feeling of helplessness. “Stuck” means the two of you can’t fully commit [...]
