Rebecca – Page 14

The Man Behind the Curtain

April 30, 2018

We have a rather complicated Ark. When I go to a new congregation, the one honor that scares me is opening the Ark. Because every Ark is a little different. And, it’s easy to get mixed up. And, everyone is watching you. And, ours is particularly difficult. There are two sets of metal doors. And, you have to push them all the way back on the track. And, sometimes they get stuck or go off the track. And, then there is...

Golda Meir and Martin Luther King, Jr.

March 25, 2018

By Rebecca

Today, I’d like to talk about two things that happened in 1957. In 1957, Golda Meir was the Foreign Minister of Israel. And she decided that it was important for Israel to reach out to Africa with its agricultural technology. When we think about it, this is pretty amazing. Israel was only nine years old at the time, barely able to defend itself. And, yet Israel made the decision early on in its history that it was to be much more...

The Anti-Semite Who Loved to Daven: Re-imagining Social Justice

February 18, 2018

By Rebecca

A few weeks ago Julius Lester passed away at the age of 78. Julius Lester was a fascinating character. He was a black activist in the 60’s and 70’s who rubbed shoulders with Stokely Carmichael and Jesse Jackson. He was a musician who co-wrote a guide to 12 string guitar with Pete Seeger. And, he was an anti-semite. At the height of the Oceanhill-Brownsville controversy in New York City, Lester invited a black teacher onto his radio show on WBAI to...

There Goes the Neighborhood

January 23, 2018

By Rebecca

Sing the song: One day when King Pharoah awoke in his bed There were frogs in his bed and frogs on his head Frogs on his nose and frogs on his toes Frogs here! Frogs there! Frogs were jumping everywhere. The plague of frogs which we read about in today’s parasha is probably the funniest of the plagues and the one we have the most fun with at the Passover Seder. We sing songs about it. We have little frogs decorating the Seder table. But, there is...

The Man Behind the Curtain

Golda Meir and Martin Luther King, Jr.

The Anti-Semite Who Loved to Daven: Re-imagining Social Justice

There Goes the Neighborhood

Weiner Sidney

Stern Edward F. Jr. (Socco)

Sobel Nathan

Sloan Marc Geoffrey

Shapovalova Buzya

Schiller Babette