It has been a full and beautiful week here at our school. We welcomed literally hundreds of special visitors on Tuesday and Wednesday into our classrooms and also hosted the annual JCC Benefit here in our building on Tuesday night – a great celebration of the JCC’s 10 year anniversary since we first opened our […]
How Do Liberals Jews Behave? Conservative and Reconstructionist Practice
How does a liberal Jew behave? This is heterodox Judaism’s greatest challenge: Does our religion demand any particular way of living? If we do not eat differently than our non-Jewish neighbors, do not marry differently, do not work and rest, nor buy and sell differently, then maybe our Judaism amounts to nothing more than vestigial, […]
Behukotai Limerick
If you do what God tells you to do If you act like a pious, good Jew Then your lands will be blessed God will grant your requests But if not, OY! the curses will spew
Too Religious to be Orthodox
This past Shabbat at Ansche Chesed we heard a presentation from Dov Elboim, a well-known Israeli writer, editor and television host, a face of the phenomenon called hazara bi’she’ela, “returning with questions,” a pun meaning “those who left ultra-Orthodoxy.” Dov was recently profiled here in Haaretz. Hebrew readers will also enjoy his excellent book Journey in […]
Behar Limerick
In year seven, our farming all stops We’re forbidden to plant our new crops The land gets a rest Our faith – put to test It’s tough for the markets and shops.
Respect and Dignity in the Classroom
When I was in second grade I had a teacher who yelled. My teacher, Mrs. P, teased, she mocked and she embarrassed my classmates when they didn’t have the right answers. I often had the right answers, and the material that she taught came rather easily to me. But I remember feeling guilty. It never […]
REACHING KITAH GIMEL: LEARNING FROM EXPERIENCE
A few days ago, Kitah Gimel students officially “graduated” from Religious School/Hebrew School. They now move on to B’nai Mitzvah preparation, a post B’nai Mitzvah program, and Confirmation. Our last few school weeks exemplified the experiential approach to Jewish education which has shaped our learning this year. As intensively as possible, I provided authentic, hands-on […]
Emor Limerick
When bringing a sacrifice It’s important to heed this advice Levitical law Says it can have no flaw So check once and then check it twice
Kedoshim Limerick
Kedoshim means “sacred” it’s true It’s incumbent upon every Jew To act with compassion Good deeds not to ration We’re holy, ‘cause God’s holy too.
Acharei Mot Limerick
On Yom Kippur each year without fail You must take two pure goats that are male The High Priest casts the dice And one goat’s sacrificed While the other’s sent to Azazeyl
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