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Today’s Jewish birthday: Barbara Bain
4+ hour, 3+ min ago (119+ words) Barbara Bain (September 13, 1931) is an American actress. She is best known for her role as Cinnamon Carter on the action television series Mission: Impossible (1966–1969), which earned her three Primetime Emmy Awards, as well as a Golden Globe Award nomination. [Wikipedia]…...
Wonderful feelings of togetherness and learning at JCC
2+ day, 7+ hour ago (351+ words) By Liz Nederlander Coden and Hannah Cohen in La Jolla, California As we prepare to welcome Rosh Hashanah and the year 5787, we find ourselves doing what this season invites us to do: looking back with gratitude and looking ahead with…...
Teshuvah also is owed to your spouse
4+ day, 18+ hour ago (234+ words) By Jené Verchick, Ph.D., in Los Angeles Every year at this season we talk about teshuvah, our return. We usually picture it as something between a person and God. We think about the ways we have missed the mark,…...
Preserving minority viewpoint assures Judaism doesn’t split into two or more religions
1+ week, 2+ day ago (316+ words) By Rabbi Dr. Michael Leo Samuel in Chula Vista, California When Britain asked for bids on a tunnel under the Channel, Cohen and O’Brian named a price no respectable firm would sign. A civil servant found them in a building…...
Parshiot Nitzavim-Vayeilech: Look yourself over
1+ week, 3+ day ago (555+ words) By Michael R. Mantell, Ph.D., in El Cajon, California As we get closer to the High Holidays, a time of reflection, renewal, devoted to prayer and forgiveness, I find myself thinking about what it means to really look at ourselves. We…...
‘Water’ in an analogy is an element of teshuvah – San Diego Jewish World
1+ week, 5+ day ago (793+ words) By Cailin Acosta in San Diego The class began with a creative exercise: participants selected two pictures that represented how they were feeling emotionally. Rather than simply describing their feelings, they were encouraged to meditate on the images and consider…...
The homeless Star of David
2+ week, 4+ hour ago (287+ words) By Oliver B. Pollak in Richmond, California She fought a courageous battle against lung cancer. There was no funeral or public viewing. Following cremation, her ashes were sent to Mary Goodman to be reunited with her beloved parents. Mary and Lynn…...
Chosen—For What? – San Diego Jewish World
2+ week, 2+ day ago (967+ words) Ki Tavo · Deuteronomy 26:1–29:8 By Rabbi Dr. Michael Leo Samuel in Chula Vista, California Nothing makes modern Jews fidget quite like “God’s Chosen People.” Say it aloud and watch the synchronized wince. Someone reaches for “Well, technically…” which is how you…...
Koren Publishers’ new siddur: An appraisal
2+ week, 5+ day ago (429+ words) A siddur does not merely tell Jews what words to say. Its primary purpose is to help congregants understand what they are saying and why: the meaning of what the siddur contains, their biblical and historical sources, and why ancestors…...
Long-time chaplain draws inspiration from the dying
2+ week, 6+ day ago (375+ words) The Best Day: A Memoir of Finding Joy, Inspiration, Resilience, and Hope by Rabbi Joseph H. Krakoff; 182 pages. By Rabbi Dr. Michael Leo Samuel in Chula Vista, California Krakoff writes from a singular vantage point. For more than two decades he…...