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Comment on About Rabbi Dan Moskovitz by Cheryl Dennis

Cheryl Dennis — Thu, 25 Apr 2013 17:16:05 +0000

Talk about strange. I am in NJ looking at Central Synagouge in NYC as planning to met friends from Vancouver BC there for Shabbat services tomorrow night. I start reading an article but haven’t paid attention to author. Rabbi Moskovitz is the new senior Rabbi at Temple Sholom in Vancouver BC where I happen to be a member! He starts his new position in June 2013. Excellent article by the way.

Comment on About Rabbi Dan Moskovitz by These coupons

These coupons — Thu, 21 Mar 2013 01:28:25 +0000

Wow that was strange. I just wrote an incredibly long comment but after I clicked submit my comment didn’t show up. Grrrr… well I’m not writing all that over again.
Anyway, just wanted to say superb blog!

Comment on BENEDICTION: Congregation Meeting by http://yahoo.com

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Comment on Right is Wrong – The battle for the soul of the Jewish people. by marsjanco

marsjanco — Wed, 29 Aug 2012 01:33:08 +0000

“It’s a clash of Jewish cultures that began more than a decade ago, but has come to the front pages this past week when an 8 year old modern orthodox girl, Naamah was accosted and spit on by Ultra-Orthodox Jews as she walked to her modern orthodox day school in the northern Israeli city of Beit Shemesh, a suburb of Haifa”

You may want to Google maps this. Haifa is north while Bet Shemesh is South- near Jerusalem and is not actually a suburb of anywhere.

Comment on The Lessons of Jewish Summer Camp – Not Just for Kids by Steve Levitt

Steve Levitt — Thu, 11 Aug 2011 20:29:40 +0000

Dan,

Couldn’t agree more. We did something similar this year with our kids at a family camp in the sierras “Lair of the Golden Bear”. On the morning after three days of sleeping in the “tent”, running around the dirty dusty environment, eating three meals a day together, arts & crafts, story time, singing, our kids climbed into bed with my wife and I, didn’t say anything but just looked at us and smiled, smiled big! Bigger than at home, it was the most pure form of joy I have ever experienced.

We have noticed that since returning, the kids are way less interested in watching TV, more interested in going for a walk, looking at the starts at night and like to bring their plates to the sink after dinner (like they had to do at the dining hall). Maybe it was the mountain air, or the lack of cell phone coverage (my first guess) but it was a reminder of just how time away, being together, creating that sacred space as a family and as a community really connects with the best and happiest parts of ourselves. Now if we can just get everyone to temple every week….

Thanks for the great thoughts and leadership Dan, looking forward to seeing you soon.

Comment on A Shul with a Waiting List: Central Synagogue New York by Pini Herman

Pini Herman — Mon, 20 Jun 2011 03:30:07 +0000

Rabbi,

Thanks for sharing this, its a view of Temple leadership dynamics that is not often available to the interested lay or professional.

Pini Herman

Comment on The Day You Become Redundant by Rabbi Paul Kipnes

Rabbi Paul Kipnes — Sun, 19 Jun 2011 19:47:54 +0000

Love it.

Comment on Weiner’s Problem is Our Problem Too by Rabbi Paul Kipnes

Rabbi Paul Kipnes — Sun, 12 Jun 2011 05:23:44 +0000

Dan, this was one of the more thoughtful responses to the recent flap. It inspires me to explore how I might address this in the congregation and with men who come through. Thanks.

Comment on Sermons & Writings by Richard Morgan

Richard Morgan — Sun, 12 Jun 2011 00:32:17 +0000

DUST

I am only dust trying to be a man
All I can do is the best I can.

I Am Only Dust trying to be a man
Sometimes I fought, sometimes I ran.

I Am Only Dust Trying To Be A Man
When I loved and lost, I loved again.

I AM ONLY DUST TRYING TO BE A MAN
I asked for help and I was given a hand.

I am only dust trying to be a man…

From I Am Sea Glass by Richard Morgan

Comment on Slices of the Big Apple – DJCP and Romemu Minyan by Rabbi Paul Kipnes

Rabbi Paul Kipnes — Wed, 25 May 2011 17:41:11 +0000

I’m energized by reading this, as I was by the Jewish Lights book on Emerging Jewish Communities. If DJCP is struggling with becoming a “synagogue,” and will thus give up on SOME elements of its emerging-ness, what will it strive to retain? How can my community, which each year gets farther from its start up roots, remain the innovative, accessible place we see ourselves as?

Thanks for raising these questions in my mind, Dan.