This common question for this time of year came to me via my Mixed and Matched column in the Jweekly. I am getting serious about my boyfriend (who is not Jewish) and I want him to understand what’s important to me about being Jewish. I’m thinking that this year I should take him with me…
Read More »Will you be buying tickets for High Holy Day Services?
Below is a list of synagogues and links to purchase tickets for High Holy Day services. HIGH HOLY DAY TICKETS Most synagogues offer tickets for the High Holy Day services to non-members. Here are some synagogues, their websites, and location, so you can check out your options online. For the synagogues listed below you can…
Read More »Yom Kippur Services
If you are in the east bay please note that FREE Yom Kippur services are being offered at Temple Israel in Alameda, the JCC East Bay (Berkeley site), and Chabad of the East Bay. Find them online.
Read More »Free and Low Cost High Holy Day Services
August 27, 2007 Dear Interfaith Families and Friends, Just wanted to send you a quick note with some FREE and LOW COST High Holiday options. You can go online to look at the services schedule at synagogues near you. You’ll find information about buying High Holy Day tickets. Remember that Jewish Community Information and Referral…
Read More »‘I can’t finish my conversion because of Covid’
(This first appeared in my Mixed and Matched column in the J-weekly) Dear Dawn: After I formally prepared for more than a year, my beit din and mikvah were going to be scheduled for this spring. Now they are postponed because of the shutdown. I’m grateful for many things, and I continue to study. At the…
Read More »When in Rome…
(Image: Rabbi Jonathan Prosnit of Beth Am teaching kids) You’ve no doubt heard the saying, ‘When in Rome, do as the Romans do’. This phrase dates back to the 4th century of the Common Era, but has remained in use because it continues to be relevant. When do you do things “your way” and when…
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