This was my sermon from Friday night June 30, 2017. Many of you have asked for a copy. Here it is. Shabbat Shalom Tonight I had a different sermon. A sermon to celebrate our 25 years of our Congregation and to imagine together the next 25 years. But that will wait for another Shabbat…Read more »
Tag: Kotel
Yesterday I met a Hero
Yesterday I met a hero. I had coffee with my friend Alden Solovy who is a poet and liturgest from Jerusalem. You can read his work on his website http://www.tobendlight.com. We had this meeting set up to discuss a workshop he will lead for my temple group in Israel this summer. But who knew that…Read more »
Reform Movement Responds to Kotel Plan – URJ
This is very important. Sunday word of the Mandelblit Commission’s plan was leaked to the press. This was a commission appointed by PM Netanyahu in Israel to follow up on the grand compromise arrived at by Natan Sharansky, head of the Jewish Agency and Diaspora Jewish leaders on prayer at the Kotel, the symbol of…Read more »
Anat Hoffman arrested again
My friend and colleague Anat Hoffman director of the Israel Religious Action Center and one of the founder of Women of the Wall (www.womenofthewall.org.il) was arrested last night at a Rosh Chodesh celebration with the Hadassah Women from around the world. The women of Hadassah are in Israel celebrating their 100 year anniversary of this…Read more »
Detention of Women at the Wall Again
A prayer for Rosh Chodesh and the Women of the Wall
Rosh Chodesh-the New Month- is this weekend. It begins tonight and continues through Monday -the first of Kislev.. The Women of The Wall gather monthly on Rosh Chodesh to welcome the New Moon. This is traditionally a day associated with women. Tradition teaches it was a reward for resisting Aaron’s command to part with jewelry…Read more »