The Erie Canal was not built in a day or two or three. The idea for it was generated in the 1780s. Construction officially started in 1817 and went until 1825, but the canal continued to be developed until 1918. …
Torah Thoughts – Noah – Genesis.6.9-11.32 – “Our 70th Year Reunion”
If you leave off the animals, the flood, the rainbow and any other specific details of the story of Noah, what you are left with is an immigration tale. Displaced by violence and an ecological disaster, our Biblical protagonist sets…
Torah Thoughts – Bereishit – Genesis.1.1-6.8 – “Welcome Home!”
As frustrating it is to start back at the beginning, it can be liberating as well. Reading the first lines of Genesis again is an opportunity to find new interpretations and new meanings. While the Torah is the same, we…
Torah Thoughts – Ha’azinu – Deuteronomy 32:1-32:52 – “One Final Poem”
As always, on Ha’azinu, Moses’ last poem to the People of Israel, I share a poem. This one is taken from a Jewish Italian poet named Umberto Saba (1883-1857). He converted to Judaism as a young man, and then, refused…
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Cantor’s Pick of the Week – A Cantor on Trial (1931), Leibele Waldman Music by Shulem Secunda, Directed by Sidney M. Goldin – 2/19/24
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