Sunday, September 10 was the first day of Religious School for Congregation Etz Hayim. Our students, parents and staff prayed together and said a blessing for a new year of learning at our Family Minyan. The day…
Please use the comment form below to share your memories of our beloved friend and Etz Hayim member Alan Youkeles. May his memory be for a blessing. If you would like to make a donation in Alan’s…
Warning: If you want to read the article referred in this piece, please ask me for a copy. I do not want to raise the internet profile of the author by increasing her web traffic. The more…
When you read this column you will either be preparing for Pessah, or there already. You should already be receiving the fruits of The Wisdom Project, the texts/tweets/e-mails from our congregation that remind you to count the…
I am not a big fan of Matzah. No matter what you do with Matzah, I never feel that it is really great. No one I know says: “The stuff right out of the box is great!”…
I am officially giving up on my course of study for the upcoming syium, and I am going to do something simpler. I will study a Seder from the Mishnah now, instead of trying to finish Massecher…
Pessah is the holiday in the Jewish calendar that most involves advanced preparations. To help us prepare for the holiday in our congregation, here is a concise guide: Pessah begins on Friday evening, April 03, and concludes…
In 1994, Mel Gibson made a film called Passion of the Christ. It was accused of portraying a particularly anti-semitic perspective of the Christian Bible. As a result of the film, it came to light that Mel…
A long time ago I heard the following story. After WWI, all of Europe’s spirit was broken. The casualties were immense. The work of reconstruction was enormous. In the midst of destruction, people were still trying to…
On the evening of October 8, we will start our celebration of Sukkot. Sukkot is one of the three pilgrimage holidays in the Hebrew bible. The other two are Pesach and Shavuot. We learn in the Book…