I wish you all a sweet new year! May this year bring us all more peace, more prosperity, more kindness around the world! Thinking about services for Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur I’m make one last plea, don’t make the High Holy Days your loved one’s first experience of a Jewish service. If you are…
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Successful Parenting Choices in Interfaith Families
Successful Parenting Choices in Interfaith Families Navigating religious choices in an interfaith family can add a layer of complexity to parenting. Hear from a panel of non-Jewish parents who are happy with how things turned out with their now grown kids. Panelists will discuss a variety of topics, such as, holidays, lifecycle events, choosing religious…
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Postponed due to illness. Will be rescheduled – probably for spring 2012. God Talk with Rabbi Menachem Creditor Rabbis have amazing God-conversations with children fairly regularly. Why we don’t continue these conversations as easily as we age? The questions certainly don’t get any easier! Perhaps we forget, over the years, that sharing doubts and yearning…
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What is it like to live with the assumption that you can’t possibly be Jewish? As there are more and more Asian Jews is the Jewish community getting any better at recognizing its own diversity? A panel of local Asian Jews (born Jewish, adopted, or converted) will discuss the experience of living in the bay…
Read More »High Holidays: Greatest Hits
Do you know anyone who won’t be attending High Holy Day Services? Got a friend who can’t make it to the shul? Or maybe you can’t make it? This is for you! Once again Rabbi Dardik is offering: Greatest Hits of the High Holy Days Join Rabbi Judah Dardik for a one-hour discussion & sampling…
Read More »Fun & Food for Rosh Hashanah
I hope some of you will decide to join me on Sunday for: Cooking Jewish: Rosh Hashanah Rosh Hashanah! A new year! What a great time to be together with family, to eat, tell stories and create memories. What if you’re not Jewish but you’re responsible for your family’s holiday celebrations? Maybe you are Jewish,…
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