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The Winter Olympics are just like Shabbat and here’s why.
Each time there is an international tournament I get excited, maybe you have felt the same. It could be the World Cup, the Winter Olympics, the Summer Olympics, or practically any other, and suddenly I am COMPLETELY invested in the outcome of a sport I knew next to nothing about just a few weeks before. Curling, figure skating, bi-athalon, or luge, all of these become our world for a few weeks. Athletes of countries we know well or have never heard of are competing for personal and national glory on the international stage. That stage is the ideal for a world we’d love to see. Where competition isn’t a matter of life or death; rather, it is a game we play because we can live peacefully together as human beings. On Shabbat, we read a Psalm which imagines all of humanity living in Gan Eden, the Garden of Eden. In this paradise, Shabbat is not only a weekly relief, but it is the perfect rest that we all live in each moment of every day. War and strife are nonexistent and hunger and … [Read more...]
Welcome to February
February is quite a famous month. Known for its celebration of love or, for some St. Valentine, it is also well known for the following holidays: Click on the highlighted words to learn more: Sometimes Super Bowl Sunday (Next year February 3rd 2019 in Atlanta, Ga- so mark your calendars football fans!), Paul Bunyan Day, Indianapolis/Daytona 500, Mardi Gras, LEAP Year, The Westminster Dog Show, The Kwakiutl Midwinter Ceremony, Groundhog Day, President’s Day, and the biggest night of the year for Hollywood (and all celebrity, movie and haute couture fans) The Academy Awards. It is not a surprise that in recent years, Judaism has chosen this very special month celebrating love in all forms and fashion to elevate Jewish Disability Awareness and Inclusion. For short, J.D.A.I.M. This special month is now in its tenth year, and marks a time when Jewish communities come together to raise awareness and advocacy for those with different abilities. Here in Atlanta, The Jewish Abilities … [Read more...]
Rabbi, what does it mean to spend Shabbat Together?
Shabbat Together is both a state of mind AND an exciting initiative of Temple Emanu-El. Shabbat Together reaches out to Jews in their 20s and 30s in the north-Atlanta area for a Shabbat dinner experience with me and Rabbi Max. Last week, Rabbi Max and I brought in Shabbat with ten other young Jews at a home in Dunwoody. As everyone began to arrive, we gathered in the kitchen where people got to know one another, poured a glass of wine, and noshed on some appetizers. In the tradition of Shabbat Together, we formally began the evening with a moment of gratitude. We passed out quarters and invited each person to share something they were thankful for from last Shabbat to this Shabbat before placing the money into the tzedakah box. We all became closer at that moment as couples (who didn’t necessarily know one another) shared how they were thankful for their spouse after a hard week of work, that their mother received positive news about her health, that they were thankful to finally … [Read more...]
Shabbat of the Senses
Join us: As we experience the world in a different light. As we recognize that all who are created on this earth are created Btzelem Elohim-in the image of God. In creating a kehilla kedosha, a holy community. … [Read more...]
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