Here and There
15/02/2024 05:34:45 PM
Rabbi Liz
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HERE AND THERE
Here: the memes proliferate, the slogans fly, the protests surge.
There: the suffering mounts, intolerably.
Here, in our non-war torn lives, it’s hard to know how much to tap into the enduring torment that prevails over there - amongst those struggling to survive in Gaza, or those waiting for their loved ones taken hostage on October 7 to return – and still be able to maintain that...Read more...
December's Dates
06/12/2023 09:00:13 PM
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And Yet... Towards Hope
07/11/2023 10:05:06 PM
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Elusive Words Towards Peace.
25/10/2023 12:00:44 PM
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Holy Masking Batman
12/09/2023 10:30:12 PM
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BRESLAV and PEACE
02/03/2022 12:36:06 PM
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In our Kol Haneshamah Shabbat and Festival prayerbook, the prayer for peace comes from Ukraine.
In a way, this declaration somewhat condenses the geo-history of the place, specifically the Jewish peoples’ place in that place. Yet there is no doubt that the figure...Read more...
"FOR SHE TOO IS LIKE A TREE"
06/01/2022 05:48:39 PM
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Looking back on some previous reflections on Tu Bishvat, I found this message, one that feels keenly relevant to this year:
We find ourselves, deep in winter, in the month of the Jewish New Year of the Trees, Tu Bishvat. At this time of the year the trees seem to the eye to be life-less. Where do we...Read more...
Whose Christmas Is It? Some Of Ours, Too!
21/12/2021 07:13:51 PM
Rabbi Liz
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Whose Christmas Is It? Some Of Ours, Too!
Is this you? You have a “Christmas Family.” They are your in-laws, your grandparents, or your cousins. It could be the beautiful kinship network that is your family-of-choice, or your partner. May your children celebrate with their half-siblings. Maybe, in those years when you go home for the Holidays, your childhood home is...Read more...
Human Rights As a Jewish Concept
07/12/2021 08:40:52 AM
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Human Rights As a Jewish Concept
How is human rights a Jewish concept? Is it even possible or appropriate to shoehorn an apparently secular construct into a specific religious or cultural context?
Two thoughts arise...Read more...
THIS SEASON OF TESHUVAH AND TOMATOES
14/09/2021 06:18:13 PM
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Our household is enjoying a second season of pandemic gardening. Last summer, like many others with the blessing of a yard, we dug up a modest rectangle and planted a vegetable garden.
This summer’s crop is almost at an end, but the bounty of tomatoes is dotting my diet with red, orange and green deliciousness. My neighbours, too, are reaping the benefits, especially the happy profusion of sweet little...Read more...
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