There are two ages that have broad significance in Jewish life: eight days and thirteen years. The b’rit milah or bris for a baby boy and Bar/Bat Mitzvah also tend to extend over the entire Jewish community, from ultra-Orthodox to mostly secular. They are ubiquitous. Of the two, however, Bar/Bat Mitzvah is the much bigger [...]
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The Integrity of the Upright Guides Them
The attendance for Seth Erlebacher’s funeral service filled Vassar Temple; not just the expanded sanctuary, but virtually the entire building. Rabbi Richard Jacobs, newly installed as President of the Union for Reform Judaism, came and extended condolences on behalf of the entire Reform Movement. Colleagues from IBM came and spoke not only on behalf of [...]
Posted by rebgolomb on December 23, 2011
http://vassartemple.wordpress.com/2011/12/23/the-integrity-of-the-upright-guides-them/
Among Occupy Poughkeepsie
A week or so ago, I joined a number of clergy in meeting with some of the hardy folks who had been camping in the park bordered by Church (East Arterial) and Market Streets, in the local form of the Occupy Wall Street phenomenon. There were about a dozen tents, perhaps half of them for [...]
Posted by rebgolomb on December 11, 2011
http://vassartemple.wordpress.com/2011/12/11/among-occupy-poughkeepsie/
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