Archives for October 2014

October 31, 2014

Gratitude

On Wednesday night I was on the phone with my 92 year-old grandmother and she was complimenting me on my last newsletter (I have been sending her my Shabbat newsletters since my time at the JCC!). I interrupted her gushing and shared that I wasn’t quite sure what to write this week. She immediately responded, […]

October 31, 2014

Rabbi Knopf’s Installation

Listen in as Rabbi Knopf is formally installed as the Rabbi of Temple Beth-El in Richmond, Virginia. http://media.blubrry.com/jcasttotalfeed/JCastNetwork.org/storage/Tisch/S014.mp3Podcast: Download

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October 30, 2014

Keeping the Faith: The Evolving Role of the Rabbi in the 21st Century

A panel in honor of Rabbi Knopf’s Installation as Rabbi of Temple Beth-El in Richmond VA, Rabbi Knopf is joined by Rabbis Gary Creditor, Neal Rose, and Abe Friedman in discussing the challenges and opportunities of the rabbinate and American Judaism in our time. http://media.blubrry.com/jcasttotalfeed/JCastNetwork.org/storage/Tisch/152.mp3Podcast: Download

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October 29, 2014

Will There Ever Be a Rainbow?

In honor of Rabbi Knopf’s installation as Rabbi of Temple Beth-El, his father-in-law, Rabbi Neal Rose, Ph.D., offers some words of Torah, connecting the Noah story with the meaning of installing a new rabbi. http://media.blubrry.com/jcasttotalfeed/JCastNetwork.org/storage/Tisch/S013.mp3Podcast: Download

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October 28, 2014

Lech-Lecha: Be The Blessing

What do you want to be when you grow up? Or what are we as the Jewish people supposed to be? For more information about Rabbi Danny, please visit RabbiDanny.com The opening and closing music for this podcast is Coming Out of the Dark by Matt Stamm. http://media.blubrry.com/jcasttotalfeed/JCastNetwork.org/storage/TwoMinutes/139.mp3Podcast: Download

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October 27, 2014

Be The Ark: נח – Noach

A sermon by Rabbi David Ingber on Noach. For more information please visit romemu.org. https://media.blubrry.com/jcasttotalfeed/jcastnetwork.org/storage/romemu/259.mp3Podcast: Download

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October 26, 2014

Rachel Ruskin– The Annual Jewish Book Fair

The Jewish Hour with Rabbi Finman, for October 26, 2014. Rabbi Finamn talks to Rachel Ruskin about the Metro Detroit Annual Jewish Book Fair. http://media.blubrry.com/jcasttotalfeed/JCastNetwork.org/storage/JHour/10-26-2014.mp3Podcast: Download

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October 24, 2014

The Tower Of Babel

It was a long but wonderful week at Shefa! For some of our students, it felt like they needed to re-acclimate and prepare themselves for the intensity of a full week after all of the interruptions of our calendar. But with the high holidays behind us, it was good to feel like we could get […]

October 24, 2014

Two Jews On John Wick

John Wick (Keanu Reeves) is the last person you would ever want to piss off. Why is that you ask? Because he is the most lethal dude on planet earth. How lethal is he? Well let’s just say, in any given moment, he can shoot, knife, and.or choke a man quicker than Rachel Ray can […]

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October 24, 2014

From Ferguson to West Africa, Who is My Brother?

Rabbi Knopf’s Saturday message for Parashat B’reishit (October 18, 2014): Why being our brothers’ and sisters’ keeper is more important now than ever. http://media.blubrry.com/jcasttotalfeed/JCastNetwork.org/storage/Tisch/S012.mp3Podcast: Download