I love Thanksgiving. I was born on Thanksgiving Day and grew up with the story of my dad trying to take a Thanksgiving dinner to my mom in the hospital. I loved having my grandparents all arrive to enlarge our gathering. We had that canned cranberry jelly and we kids decorated our fingertips with the black…
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Rabbi Larry Milder of Beth Emek in Pleasanton is participating in an Interfaith Prayer service for his community for Thanksgiving. In his invitation he addresses a critical question: Can people of different faiths pray together? And to my mind a more critical question: Do we all really believe the same thing(s)? Please read his well…
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Where ever Jews have lived they have adapted and adopted the local foods and flavors. Over and over again I see my interfaith couples creating blended cuisines as they merge the foods from both cultures in the marriage. Come explore more spices, more flavors! Adapt them to your own kitchen. I have discussed these merged…
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(One of these girls has a Jewish mother.) IF YOU MISSED THIS PROGRAM BUT ARE INTERESTED, YOU CAN WATCH IT ON YOUTUBE HERE. Every child needs to understand where they come from. If you are raising your child as a Jew but one parent is not Jewish it is essential that you teach your child…
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I just received the email from Rabbi Larry Milder of Beth Emek in Pleasanton. It SPOKE to me. I wanted to share this with all of you. If, after reading this, you want to hear Rabbi Milder’s sermon Dec. 24th about the roots of Judaism and Christianity, you can watch on the synagogue’s website here….
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(Photo by Renee Lynn Frojo) As many of you know I have a mixed family – mixed religions, mixed races, mixed cultures. Personally I love it. One of the areas that I find to be wonderfully malleable is FOOD. There are so many opportunities to blend cuisines between traditions! I read this beautiful email from…
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