A tour of the Bender Sanctuary exploring the technology pieces allowing services on the High Holidays, Shabbat and other times to feel so special.
Every book browser knows that libraries and bookstores typically separate books broadly into fiction and non-fiction – fiction in these bookcases and non-fiction in the bookcases over there. But some adventurous authors, experimenting with new forms of narration and storytelling, write books that blur the border between fact and fiction. This is seen vividly in …
By Robin Jacobson. Goldie Goldbloom’s novel On Division is a rarity among books about the Hasidic world. Unlike many books on Hasidic life, it is not a bitter exposé by an ex-community member. Nor is it an admiring outsider’s romanticized view of an exotic culture. Instead Goldbloom, a Hasidic Jew writing from within the community, …
By Robin Jacobson. Two thousand years ago, on a mountaintop overlooking the Dead Sea, 967 Jewish men, women, and children faced down the military might of the Roman empire. When defeat became certain, they chose to take their own lives rather than die at enemy hands or be enslaved. This is the defiant story of …
By Tiarra Joslyn. Over the summer, British rapper Wiley faced backlash – including permanent bans from Facebook and Twitter – after he made several anti-Semitic tweets, which included common anti-Semitic tropes such as how Jewish people control business interests. Conspiracy theories about the Jewish people are nothing new; Jews have been used as scapegoats for …
This is the fourth week of the month. For Reflections Off the Bimah, the fourth week features thought leaders from throughout the Jewish world and beyond. These special posts give you the opportunity to consider important opinions you may not readily encounter. This week’s post comes from Rabbanit Dasi Fruchter and Marc Fein. This was originally …
I miss you. I miss coming together as a community. I miss chatting over tuna after services. I miss the amazing banana bread with chocolate chips from Sunflower Bakery after services. (This is my Achilles Heal of sweets.) I miss hugs and handshakes. I miss the voices of children filling the playground and the hallways …
Today is Tisha B’Av, the 9th of Av. This is a day of intense sadness on the Jewish calendar as the destruction of the Temples in Jerusalem are commemorated (587BCE and 70CE). As this is also the fifth week of the month, for Reflections Off the Bimah, I share this piece from Rabbi Brad Hirschfield. …
Zochreynu l’chayim melech chafetz b’chayim v’chatveynu b’sefer hachayim l’ma’ancha elohim chayim “Remember us for life, Sovereign who delights in life, and write us in the book of life, for Your sake, God of life.” While it is not even the Fourth of July yet, many of us have already been looking at the High Holidays. …
This is the fourth week of the month. For Reflections Off the Bimah, the fourth week features thought leaders from throughout the Jewish world and beyond. These special posts give you the opportunity to consider important opinions you may not readily encounter. This week’s post comes from Tali Moscowitz, Beth El’s Assistant Education Director, who has …
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