I once attended a Shabbat dinner that was filled with the tastiest of challot, fish, chicken, vegetables, delightful individuals, and good conversation. Things felt very comfortable until we came to the end of the meal. That's when we took the time to thank God for providing us with the food we had just consumed and satiating our hunger - Birkat HaMazon. I thought to myself, "Ooooo, how wonderful, I loved singing Birkat HaMazon at NFTY events, I haven't heard it in so long." But a minute or so into the prayer I realized we had departed from the words that I recognized. That's because we were doing the "full version" of the prayer, rather than the adapted "shorter version." So I sat there quietly as everyone around me smiled and sang. I'd come in when it was the part I knew and then go back to smiling awkwardly pretending to look at the pages of the birkon*. As we were walking home from the dinner, I sort of pulled a friend aside and said, "hey, sooooo I didn't really know that … [Read more...]
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Shouldn’t Every Week Be Green Week?
Shouldn't every week be Green Week? The short answer is, "yes!" This is why we continue to emphasize Temple Emanu-El's recent steps toward the process of continual and consistent "greening" of the congregation. From lightbulbs to plates, paper usage and coffee pods every week is Green Week as we try to lower our carbon footprint. Shm'irat haTeva, Preserving and Guarding Nature is a bright and shining value of the Jewish people. From texts about planting trees for the next generation to calls to live within our means, Judaism is very clear that taking care of our Earth: land, water, air, and people, is of the utmost importance.…and so we give you: Green Week! - Our yearly kick in the tuchas to set aside time to learn about the environment and to evaluate our impact. Green Week may change every year on the secular calendar, but that's because we align this valued week with Tu Bishvat, our holiday celebrating the birthday of the trees. January 12th, hear from Joanna … [Read more...]
I need your help to feed hungry children.
Try completing a day at work or school without eating breakfast, lunch, or dinner; calling such a day "difficult" is an understatement. Yet, ONE IN SIX children in Georgia do not have enough to eat each day.* Still, these kids continue to go to school, do their homework, and try to get an education that will lead to a bright future. While public schools provide free and reduced breakfast and lunches for families who would otherwise not be able to afford to feed their children, on the weekends, without any school to attend, these kids go without. This is where synagogues, churches, and local nonprofits must step in to fill the gap. Every Sunday, thanks to the visionary leadership of two TE members, Julie and David Weiser, Temple Emanu-El packs 65 backpacks for children as a part of the Backpack Buddies Program. These backpacks, filled with shelf-stable, nutrition-rich food, provide SIXTY-FIVE children with food for the weekend. These are not children who live hours and hours away, these … [Read more...]
We are a Resilient People
One foot in front of the other. One day at a time. We all process scary things differently. Whether it's recovering from major surgery, getting our feet back under us after losing a job, or another attack on the Jewish people right here in the land of the free and the home of the brave. We are a resilient people. Full stop. Amanda Gorman, the American Poet who delivered "The Hill We Climb" at last year's inauguration had her OpEd published in the New York Times this morning, reflecting on how she almost did not make it to the stairs of the Capitol. I've pulled the words out of the context in which she wrote them, but their intention hit my core deeply this morning. She wrote: "I'm a firm believer that often terror is trying to tell us of a force far greater than despair. In this way, I look at fear not as cowardice, but as a call forward, a summons to fight for what we hold dear. And now more than ever, we have every right to be affected, afflicted, affronted." I believe in … [Read more...]
Can God learn?
This week's Torah portion, Ki Tisa from Exodus, presents the scenario of the Golden Calf, Moses arguing with God for the life of the Jewish nation, and a scenario where Moses' plea seems to change God's mind. The classical theological construct representing God within Jewish thought is a triangle, with God simultaneously being represented as absolutely good, omnipotent (all powerful), and omniscient (all knowing). Like a straw man, this theological construct seems to exist so that we can explore potential inconsistencies against it. How does evil happen in a world where an absolute good God knows all and is all powerful? Where is there room for the 'free will' that mankind claims to have? Or, my favorite is, can God (who is presented in the triangle) learn from experience, and from interactions with us? It's a conundrum of sorts, for a being who can learn presents as one who does not (yet) know all. However, a being who can not learn seems to be imperfectly stagnant and rigid- which … [Read more...]
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