by Chaviva Edwards (Storrs, CT)
Tomorrow at sundown begins Rosh HaShanah, one of four Jewish new years, also THE Jewish New Year by practical terms. We feat this weekend and then, on Oct 1-2, we consider the trespasses of the past year; how we turned our backs in the field to a G-d so presently standing [...]
Entries from September 2009
September 29, 2009
The new year cometh
September 21, 2009
On My Way To Hell
by Rami Shapiro (Murfreesboro, TN)
The man sitting next to me on a United Airlines flight to Denver was on a mission from God. A bumper sticker stuck to the side of his brief case said so. As we settled into our seats the flight attendant came on the overly loud loud speaker to remind us [...]
September 14, 2009
The Mezuzah
By Gloria Scheiner (Sarasota, FL)
“Ouch! Oh no, not again.”
My son, Adam, got another cut on his finger kissing the mezuzah.
When Adam’s kids were small, he carried the children on his shoulders so they could kiss the mezuzah when they entered the house.
Now they are four and seven years old, and each has a mezuzah within [...]
September 7, 2009
Marrying Jewish
by Norri Leder (Houston, TX)
I got married at 33, just two months shy of 34, and, let me tell you, it was cause for celebration. My sister and I have five first cousins. Between the seven of us, one cousin and I are the only ones currently married. Two others were married, but are now [...]
