From Biennial, URJ Endorses Health Care Bill
In a unanimous vote this morning at the Union for Reform Judaism's 70th Biennial convention in Toronto, the URJ Board of Trustees decided to endorse the health insurance reform bill currently being considered by the U.S.
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Galilee Diary: Sound the Horn
by Marc Rosenstein
(Originally published in Ten Minutes of Torah and Galilee Diary)
If ...[one was walking] with a barrel ahead of one with a beam, and the barrel is broken by the beam, the one with the beam is responsible; and if the one with the barrel stopped
RAC Roundup: Biennial Online, Reform Leaders in the News
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Galilee Diary: Living on the Edge
by Marc Rosenstein
(Originally published in Ten Minutes of Torah and Galilee Diary)
Three times a year - on the Feast of Unleavened Bread, on the Feast of Weeks, and on the Feast of Booths - all your males shall appear before the Lord your God in the place that
Book Discussion: Houses of Study - A Jewish Woman Among Books
One of my favorite activities to bring to a classroom of elementary school-aged religious school students is a deceptively simple art project: "Draw a Jew." Easy, no? In fact, I encourage you to do so, even just in your own mind, as you read these words.
Book Discussion: A Seat at the Table
"A Seat at the Table" is a metaphor for the Chassidic adage that no matter what one has done to stray from the teachings of Torah he or she will not be abandoned by their family. This is similar to the sentiment expressed in Robert Frost's poem, "Death of the
Book Discussion: Houses of Study - A Jewish Woman Among Books
Jewish women for almost five thousand seven hundred seventy years have struggled with a tradition that moved them into a life of modesty, early marriage and motherhood.
Galilee Diary: Sound reflections
by Marc Rosenstein
(Originally published in Ten Minutes of Torah and Galilee Diary)
Blow the shofar on the new moon, on the full moon for our feast day, For it is a law for Israel, a ruling of the God of Jacob.
-Psalms 81:4-5
Shorashim is located on the west