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A National Day of Unplugging #528

03/07/2018 12:19:20 AM

Mar7

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It isn't unusual for a prospective member visiting our congregation for the first time to make a bit of a disclaimer: "I'm really not that religious."

At first, I wasn't really sure what that meant.

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From Amalek to Parkland -- How Do We Remember? #527

02/27/2018 10:48:16 PM

Feb27

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There is a new movement within the United States which is showing success in reversing negative feelings towards Israel.

The approach, particularly successful on some college campuses, involves in part, turning down the volume on anti-Semitism through the ages, and increasing focus on Israel today, as a positive and progressive world player.Read more...

Reflections on Parkland Shootings #526

02/27/2018 10:46:20 PM

Feb27

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What if God was one of us....?

Just a stranger on the bus...

tryin' to make his way home? 

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Rabbi Irwin Update #524: Two Torahs at Sinai

02/06/2018 01:06:30 AM

Feb6

Two Torahs at Sinai

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The Talmud tells us of the day that Moses was jettisoned more than a thousand years into the future, into the classroom of one of our greatest Sages, Rabbi...Read more...

Rabbi Irwin Update #523: God Hates Trash Talk

02/06/2018 01:04:02 AM

Feb6

God Hates Trash Talk

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About ten years ago, a television ad appeared for Nike shoes, which turns my stomach to this day.

It opens with a group of ten-year-olds playing a polite game of basketball on an inner city court. A car pulls up with some...Read more...

The 2018 Plague of Darkness #522

01/22/2018 11:11:01 PM

Jan22

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      Hello darkness, my old friend;

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#521: Moses -- Somewhere Over the Rainbow

01/16/2018 12:36:56 AM

Jan16

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This past December 25th, I rewatched one of the most treasured movies of my...Read more...

#520: The Power of Your Hebrew Name

01/08/2018 12:28:29 AM

Jan8

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A popular website which monitors facts relating to pregnancy, birth, and babies recently released its list...Read more...

#519: Your Ethical Will -- How Will Your Be Remembered?

01/03/2018 10:52:06 PM

Jan3

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There comes a...Read more...

#518: Pharaoh, Chanukah and the Environment

12/15/2017 09:56:35 PM

Dec15

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We live in a world where increasingly we are referred to as consumers rather than citizens.

We live in a disposable world.  Cellphones are upgraded every two years, while old ones languish in drawers until they are eventually tossed.

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