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Still a Song About Alice
Alice Brock, the woman whose eponymous restaurant became the epicenter of Arlo Guthrie’s famous rambling song about a consequential Thanksgiving day…
Nov 28
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Rabbi Michael Bernstein
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Leaving
Eighty-six years ago this weekend was the “Night of Broken Glass”, Kristallnacht, across Germany.
Nov 8
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Rabbi Michael Bernstein
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September 2024
Restarting the Heart
Our GLT team had a CPR course this morning for renewing certification or first time training.
Sep 27
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Rabbi Michael Bernstein
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Knowing Eleven: Reflections on the Twenty Third Anniversary of September 11th in a Time of Grief
Twenty-three years ago, the world ended for 2,977 people, was shattered for many more, and radically changed for everyone. The anniversary of September…
Sep 11
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Rabbi Michael Bernstein
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Knowing Eleven: Reflections on the Twenty Third Anniversary of September 11th in a Time of Grief
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Kindling Fire in the Darkness: After the Murder of our Hostages
Perhaps you are aware of the custom that we look at the light of the Havdallah candle reflecting off our fingernails when we say the blessing as part of…
Sep 1
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Rabbi Michael Bernstein
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July 2024
Between the Straits and Up the Mountain
Since the morning quiet of Simchat Torah was shattered by Hamas’s vicious assault the seasons and occasions of the Jewish calendar have doubled as a…
Jul 23
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Rabbi Michael Bernstein
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Finding G*d in Acts of Goodness
This past Shabbat we hosted a communal Havdalah in our backyard, a chance to come together before the day was completely over and enjoy the wine, spices…
Jul 17
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Rabbi Michael Bernstein
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Facing the Truth: A Tribute to James Baldwin
As the 100th birthday of James Baldwin is celebrated, one of his most famous phrases will be quoted often.
Jul 12
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Rabbi Michael Bernstein
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Facing the Truth: A Tribute to James Baldwin
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June 2024
Do You Have a Flag?
The brilliant British comedian Suzy Eddie Izzard has a well known routine explaining how Great Britain stole countries with the cunning use of flags.
Jun 9
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Rabbi Michael Bernstein
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May 2024
The In-Between
The moment when the sun disintegrates, splaying colors across the horizon, it is not yet night but not quite day either.
May 13
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Rabbi Michael Bernstein
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April 2024
Searching by Candle in a World on Fire
Last night in preparation for the Passover holiday beginning today, we engaged in bedikat chametz, the final search for any leftover leaven and…
Apr 22
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Rabbi Michael Bernstein
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Thoughts for The Seder This Year
Seeing Ourselves in Captivity
Apr 22
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Rabbi Michael Bernstein
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