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February 10, 2022
When I was about fifteen years old, my father took me to buy tefillin. An older teenage girl at my school showed me how to wrap tefillin one day at …
November 17, 2021
We are excitedly preparing for Interfaith Thanksgiving this Tuesday, November 23, 7:30pm, at Bethesda United Methodist Church (BUMC). The evening will be filled with blessings of gratitude, teaching, and music. …
October 21, 2021
This week, I gathered with our affinity group for attorneys. Thirty-five of us began our morning with Talmud study. What better way to begin a day? We learned a section …
August 6, 2021
It has been a wonderful first week with Rabbi Deborah Megdal at shul. She only began this past Monday but has already been involved in countless Zoom meetings, informal coffees …
June 4, 2021
If we are ‘friends’ on Facebook, you have seen my video updates from Israel. (Click here to get to my FB page for the messages.) This week, I participated in …
March 25, 2021
This is the fourth week of the month. For Reflections Off the Bimah, the fourth week features thought leaders from throughout the Jewish world and beyond. These special posts give you …
March 5, 2021
I was recently speaking with a dad about his son’s studies for his bar mitzvah. It was a conversation I have had dozens of times during the pandemic: how many …
February 25, 2021
January 27, 2021
December 31, 2020
This is the fifth week of the month for Reflections Off the Bimah. Today ends a very long and difficult year. Tonight, we shift into 2021 with much anticipation of …
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