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Torah Thoughts – Beshalach – Exodus 13:17-17:16 – “To the Singer of Songs”
Eleven years ago, I watched my first virtual funeral service. While commonplace today, at that time it was extraordinary. The person being buried was Debbie Friedman, one of the most important Jewish figures of the past century, but not someone…
Cantor’s Pick of the Week – Zuntig Bulbes (Sunday, Potatoes)
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Torah Thoughts Bo – Exodus.10.1-13.16 – “Freeing Our Present from Our Past”
Fifteen years ago, this Shabbat, I led my first Friday Night service in Buffalo. This was my trial run at then Temple Sinai, and the Torah portion centered on the ten plagues. I began my talk that night by bringing…
Cantor’s Pick of the Week – Tricks of Trope: Megillat Esther, Chapter 5
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Torah Thoughts – Vaera – Exodus.6.2-9.35 – “Standing up for What Matters”
In the 1980s, I remember attending rallies in support of Soviet Jewry. As we marched on the streets of my hometown Philadelphia, singing “Leaving Mother Russia” by Safam, I remember feeling the importance of the moment. Through my parents and…
Torah Thoughts – Shemot – Exodus 1:1-6:1 – “A Year After Colleyville”
A year ago this Sunday, January 15, a hostage crisis occurred at a small suburban synagogue in Colleyville, Texas. For over twelve hours, a gunman held the rabbi and three other congregants hostage as their family and community looked on…
Cantor’s Pick of the Week – The Voice of my Beloved Ida Rae Cahana, Soprano
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Cantor’s Pick of the Week – Strong Wind, Deep Water, Tall Trees, Warm Fire & More – 1/2/23
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Cantor’s Pick of the Week – Oh Chanukah, Oh Chanukah Sung by Arlene Frank – 12/19/22
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