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Tu B’Shevat

Tu B’Shevat

by | Jan 13, 2016 | Tu B'Shevat

The Kabbalah and Tu B’Shevat – What  our mystics say about The Birthday of the Trees Back in the day when many of us went to Sunday School our teachers explained that the festival of Tu B’Shevat celebrates the birthday or the New Year for the trees. But did you...
Thanksgiving and Sukkot

Thanksgiving and Sukkot

by | Nov 14, 2023 | Sukkot - Feast of the Tabernacles, Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving’s Jewish Connection Legend has it that the first Thanksgiving was a sort of neighborhood block party when settlers invited local Indians to a festive celebration with tables piled high with all sorts of yummy delights. But that’s not how it...
Holocaust Remembrance

Holocaust Remembrance

by | May 3, 2016 | Holocaust, Yom HaShoah

Holocaust Remembrance Compels a Pluralistic Approach to Synagogue Life   Sergio Della Pergola, child of the Holocaust, was born in Trieste, Italy in 1942. He survived to become the leading authority in the demography and statistics related to the Jewish...
Aging Jewishly – Rabbi Barbara’s Book

Aging Jewishly – Rabbi Barbara’s Book

by | Jul 29, 2020 | Aging Posts, Blog

What our traditions tell us about growing old In 2009 I began a Jewish journey that led me to not only serve as rabbi to men and women in a Jewish retirement community but to live among the residents as well.  I viewed my apartment in the Independent Living wing of...
Queen Esther Italian Legacy

Queen Esther Italian Legacy

by | Mar 8, 2016 | Purim

The Queen Esther Italian Legacy with International Women’s Day (*Scroll to bottom of page to hear the “Radio Rabbi” Purim Show) In his compelling book, Triangle:  The Fire that Changed America,  David Von Drehle reminds his readers in vivid detail of the...