The Tally of Their Souls and the Tally of Ours
I have talked on these High Holidays about holding on and letting go. I have spoken of the mistakes we make, about how we hold on to our mistakes and will not change. (more…)
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Where was G-d at the World Trade Center?
Let me tell you about the sermon I was going to give today. It was about the book and movie The Perfect Storm . It was about how we often bring tragedy upon ourselves by our own actions, the way that the crew of that fishing boat The Andrea Gail did, through denial, pride, and our misplaced priority on money. I was looking forward to giving that sermon. (more…)
Basking in the Sunlight or Giving Religion a Good Name
I used to be confused about the Christopher Columbus story. The way I had always heard it, Columbus believed that the world was round, and everyone around him believed that the world was flat. Everyone thought that Columbus was a madman; if he tried to sail to India, they said, he would sail off the edge of the earth. (more…)
Loving Red Sox Fans As Yourself
For some of us, this has been a rough week in sports. Those of us who love the Yankees have watched as our team lost a playoff series to their arch-rivals, the Boston Red Sox. (more…)
Bricks
Bricks are located in the office/school entrance walk. Commemorate all your simchas and tributes, Click for FORM to buy a brick. Form will open and print with Adobe Reader or equal.
Designated Funds
To complement Endowment Funds, where the intention is to preserve the principal in perpetuity and only use the income from investments, Designated Funds are created to support specific TBS activities from both the principal and the income. Exhaustion of principal is prevented by regular replenishment from the original sponsor and contributions by others who support the beneficiaries of the Designated Fund. Suggestions for New Designated Funds Let your imagination roam and think of old or new TBS activities that could use a dedicated source of income from your named Designated Fund. For example, A fund that would pay to plant flowers every year to beautify the TBS grounds A fund to provide refreshments for our annual Tikkun Leil Shavuot study A fund that would ensure that there are always flowers on the Bima A fund that would pay every year for the Yom Kippur Break-Fast A fund that would sponsor…
August 2007: What We Can Learn From the New York Yankees…
As I write this column, about a third of the Major League Baseball season has passed. For Yankees fans, though, the season seems to be just starting. Sure, the Yankees are 30-31, trailing the Red Sox by 9.5 games, but we’re not worried. (Of course, by the time you read this; we might be worried then.) (more…)
Bulgaria and the Holocaust
Picture this terrible scene: A man has a gun, and he’s chasing a child down the street, obviously about to shoot the child at any second. You don’t know what to do. You don’t want to get involved. The man shoots the child. (more…)
Don Imus and the Categories of Speech
I’d like to talk today about the debate that has been raging in America for the last few weeks about the radio host Don Imus and the limits of acceptable humor and speech. I’ll start with our Torah reading for this week, which lends itself perfectly to what I want to say. (more…)