Tag Archives: Judaism

Cleaning my plate/ cleaning my soul

Posted on September 5, 2013 by

It’s the new year. A time to make account of all the deeds and misdeeds of the previous year, embrace failings, and move toward commitment to our better selves for the year to come. After services today we went out … Continue reading →

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In the Table: Passover Edition

Posted on April 9, 2013 by

I was about to change the “In the Table” display and realized I hadn’t documented it. For Passover this year, the glass topped table was filled with a 1941 Maxwell House Haggadah, a reproduction of the Sarajevo Haggadah (from about 1350), … Continue reading →

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Chag Sameach!

Posted on March 30, 2013 by

(JB’s photo)

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Jogging juggler and polar explorer

Posted on September 27, 2012 by

Yesterday during the break in the Yom Kippur service, about three o’clock, a few of us took a walk along the lake. It was a beautiful brisk day. I wore my tallit outside to help keep me warm. That was … Continue reading →

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Chaotic and disorderly celebration and significance

Posted on April 8, 2012 by

This weekend were the first two nights of Passover. This is my favorite holiday of the year. The Passover seder is a celebration of freedom and liberation, a reminder how each of us needs to continue the fight for the … Continue reading →

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I have become the Cyclops

Posted on October 22, 2011 by

Today in minyan, a light beam from the windows struck me and my prayerbook. My mind drifted back to another light.  A long time ago. To our shtetl shul in Toledo — Sharei Zedeck, where the older women all sat upstairs, … Continue reading →

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Apples and Honey…with a kick

Posted on September 29, 2011 by

Today is Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year. This holiday is often called the birthday of the world because the world was supposedly created on this date. There are many traditions connected with this holiday, but one of the most … Continue reading →

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Do I still get a prize?

Posted on June 17, 2011 by

Last night I was looking for a phone book of friends’ names so I could make sure to invite them all to our celebration for IB’s journey to Japan when, lo and behold, beneath a desk where we keep such … Continue reading →

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Yassa au Poulet

Posted on April 17, 2011 by

Passover starts tomorrow night and is my favorite holiday of the year. It’s a celebration, though intended to be religious, which is actually quite politically activist, a holiday which renews our commitment to bringing about freedom and justice for all … Continue reading →

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Mr. Whittier and Miss Peach

Posted on December 17, 2010 by

Today is John Greenleaf Whittier’s (1807-1892) birthday. He was a poet, very popular in his day, and a Quaker, who used his poetry to promote his very strong abolitionist views. Perhaps even more importantly, he is the namesake of the elementary … Continue reading →

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