Lost in the Garment District: Jews, Gender, Dress-Up, and Drag Streisand, Hoffman, Drescher, along with Fierstein, Busch, and Angels in America. Oy vey! Between cross-dressing, drag, and a flair for the dramatic, these Jewish artists re-visit old Jewish stories with new Jewish twists. With film clips and conversation, come explore the private parts and public…
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Got a dog? This looks fun
Raising a Jewish Pup? Enjoy Doggy Day Shabbat Friday, June 29, 5:00 – 6:00 PM, Mill Valley Dog Park Join us as we start off our Shabbat with our four-legged friends. Take in the fresh air while your dog runs and plays and you enjoy time with your Kol Shofar community. No need to have…
Read More »How to Use Religion to Wreck Your Relationship
Most couples’ conflict is not about religion, even in an interfaith relationship. However, it is certainly possible to use your religious differences to shoot holes in your relationship. Let me tell you about a very effective way to do that, and hopefully you can avoid it. Many non-Jewish Americans are not aware of how Christianized…
Read More »American Folkloric Christianity
(image from www.realmomkitchen.com) Growing up with no specific religion in the United States can lead many people to claim, “I have no religion. I’m certainly NOT a Christian.” They look at what they would term “real Christians” and they see the difference to be that those folks go to church, believe in Jesus as savior,…
Read More »Shavuot: What is it?
I love Shavuot. It is one of the three pilgrimage holidays when Jews in ancient times traveled to Jerusalem to offer a special sacrifice at the Temple. If you read Arthur Waskow’s Seasons of our Joy, you’ll learn about the activities that took place in the ancient Temple. It was magnificent and makes you want…
Read More »What does it mean to be ‘Spiritual’?
Many people identify as spiritual but not religious. In conversation the word, spiritual, has come to mean a sort of vague ‘good’ that isn’t focused on anything and has responsibility to no one. When I ask what that means to them, they typically say, something like, “I believe there is a force greater than us.”…
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