I was watching Young at Heart, a delightful documentary about a singing group of people in their seventies and beyond.  The group is a compilation of people making each day count. There are many precious lines—one I laughed out loud—“We Read more
You can say thank you or even try it in another language to let the person know—I mean it, todah rabah. Words, however powerful, can often be like a present without wrapping paper or a bow and a card that Read more
With the start of the new semester we are offering coffee, tea and water for your convenience and enjoyment. We discussed how we could do this in an environmentally friendly way, so know that thought is going into this. The Read more
Why do we name hurricanes? Does it make it more personal? I am not aware that we name tornadoes or earthquakes or tsunamis. Would giving them a name make it more personal? The devastation in Japan and for the Japanese Read more
It’s time to change. So move your clocks forward one hour this coming Saturday night. As you move the clock forward, your fire department encourages you to change batteries on your smoke and carbon monoxide detectors. Your Kabbalah department encourages Read more
Let our voices be heard. Maybe a new phrase we can adopt is Think Global. Be Vocal. How appropriate then that the winner of Best Film of 2011 is The King’s Speech. As the King states in utter frustration: “I Read more
Carlotta LaNier will place her imprint as the final speaker of Kabbalah Live! Thursday, March 3. Carlotta, as you can read about her, was the youngest of the Little Rock Nine and the first African American to graduate from Little Read more
I attended a talk by Dr. Ron Wolfson about creating an ambiance of welcome in your organization. The talk was sponsored by Rose Community Foundation.   Dr. Wolfson is the Fingerhut Professor of Education at the University of Judaism—he is also Read more
It has been an unusually cold and snowy few weeks and we have had to cancel some classes and programs. Last Thursday night, despite heavy snow, the show went on as we welcomed Rabbi Joe Black, the new Rabbi at Read more
A student sent me the following: A paraprosdokian (from Greek meaning “beyond expectation”) is a figure of speech in which the latter part of a sentence or phrase is surprising or unexpected in a way that causes the reader or listener Read more