Hi everyone, I’m Rabbi Caryn Aviv at Judaism Your Way. Can you BELIEVE it’s almost August? How did that happen? We might be in the fullness of summer, and yet, here at Judaism Your Way, we’re deep into planning the High Holidays for late September. Also, I just scheduled my daughter’s first visit to a… Read More from Gam V’Gam – Both-And
The idea of transitions and how we deal with them is found throughout religions and cultures. The following is an excerpt from a Book called “To Bless the Space Between Us.” It was written by John O’Donohue, an Irish Priest. He was a poet, philosopher and scholar, a native Gaelic speaker from County Clare, Ireland…. Read More from To Bless the Space Between Us
Religious Freedom Day RemarksRabbi Caryn AvivThursday, April 21 at the Colorado State Capital Good morning, thank you for being here, and thank you to the organizers of this event. This week, Jews and our loved ones are celebrating Passover around the world, where we retell the dramatic Exodus narrative from the Torah, also known as… Read More from Religious Freedom Day
THIS IS A REPOST FROM ejewishphilanthropy: OPED ProjectThe dangers of ‘default’ Jewish leadershipRabbi Amanda Schwartz The dangers of ‘default’ Jewish leadershipBy Rabbi Amanda Schwartz It’s been 50 years this year since the Reform movement began ordaining women as rabbis. Despite the fact that it’s been half a century, and in most liberal Jewish denominations there are… Read More from The dangers of ‘default’ Jewish leadership
Blessing for the BrokenheartedBy Amy Leszman Grief, along with death, seem to have been constant companions for many of us these last few years. With coronavirus rampaging across the world and death tolls rising, we have become more familiar, or perhaps even more desensitized, to the overwhelming loss of life. Grief has been close to… Read More from Blessing for the Brokenhearted
The Power of a Nigun (Wordless Melody) By Dan Yolles Sometimes when I am in a space or a moment of transition, I sing/play a niggun. I find it to be medicinal and an important practice in my life that has helped me in so many ways. While I have had numerous spiritual and even… Read More from The Power of a Nigun (Wordless Melody)
Focusing the Heartby Dan Yolles In my rabbinic studies at ALEPH, I have been reading and learning Mishnah Rosh Hashanah from Seder Moed (one of the books within a book so to say). If you told me 5 years ago that I would be reading and decoding Hebrew from the Mishnah it would be hard… Read More from Focusing the Heart
