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Creative multi-generational solutions are quite attainable. We tend not to attain them because we tend not to look for them in the first place. With the young-adult generations being relatively undetermined at present, with regard to organized Jewish community and what it's good for, yet eager to be challenged to leadership, I see a golden opportunity to propose the challenge of imagining functional multi-generational models.Read the complete piece: l'Dor v'Dor multi-generational Judaism generational consumerism
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Jewish Journal’s “Video Jew” Jay Firestone brings us his video journalism about elections in addition to his thoughts on meatball-schwarma subs and, uh, mah-jong. Enjoy.
B"H Here is an experimental flyer for a proposed Yom Kippur Retreat this year in Oregon. The Rabbi's name who may facilitate with me has been withheld pending his decision to participate. (But Blogger is not cooperating-- so you'll have to wait to see!)
B"H Friend Tzipporah has posted an excellent article on "Defining Liberalism" here: www.midianitemanna.blogspot.com/
Be A Disciple OF The Rain All the big time mystics tell us to surrender. I’m certainly not going to contradict them. But a lot depends on what is meant by surrender. To surrender to the place of the Infinite can be a frightening statement.
Reagan was right after all. Trees truly are responsible for the massive release of gas into the atmosphere. Witness the great SeaTac Christmas tree debacle , which has exploded into a national pissing match over the so-called "War on Christmas.&
(to Generation and Generation) I spent last Shabbat in Olympia , in order to attend the downtown Saturday-afternoon tribute to an old teacher of mine who passed away.
Newsweek released its top lists of rabbis for the year - the Top 25 Pulpit Rabbis in America and the Top 50 Influential Rabbis in America . Of the top 25 pulpit rabbis, at least 9 have present or past relationships with Synagogue 2000/3000. That’s nearly 40% of the top synagogue leaders.
Delivered at the CCAR convention, Cincinnati, March 31 2008 Steven M.
A thought: One out of every seven Democratic party voters was not registered as a Democrat at the beginning of the year, and 60 percent of them cast their ballot for Obama, according to the exit polls. [...]
When I saw this video yesterday , the first thing that came to mind was making a mashup with Jay-Z’s “Dirt Off Your Shoulder.&