Earlier this week we had the opportunity at Or Shalom Synagogue to host Eliyahu McLean and Sheikh Ghassan Manasra speaking…
Month: November 2011
Prayerbook Fun
How do you make “Jewish spiritual wisdom” available to 12-year olds, as they prepare for bar and bat mitzvah? Last…
Why I Love Or Shalom
Prepared for the Annual General Meeting of Or Shalom Synagogue, Vancouver, 2011. You may know that I recently returned…
A Cat's Eye View of Isaac & Rebecca
Ditto, my brother’s cat, is normally quite shy. She follows my brother around and ignores everyone else. But last week,…
Compassionate Camels in Kabbalah
After the death of our ancestral mother Sarah, Abraham decides he would like his son Isaac to marry a relative.…
Rabbis Without Borders
Imagine a conference room filled with twenty-three adult students learning together. Imagine those students listening carefully, asking thoughtful questions, and…
Occupy Shabbat
“Occupy Shabbat” is an activity organized by Noam Dolgin. The activity itself is very simple. A group meets in the…
Inner Time
Dvar Torah for Parshat Lech-Lecha Link to it here.
Dreams of the Future
Last week I dreamed that a group of people entered my home on Sophia Street. They filed in, one by…