Jewish Faith

Freedom for Slaves

April 14, 2011

“Who is like you, Adonai, among other gods? Who is like you, glorious in holiness, awesome in praises, doing miracles? With a new song, the ones you rescued praised your name at the seashore. All of them in unison gave thanks and praised your rule, and said: ‘Adonai, will rein forever and ever.’” This is [...]

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Streaming A Service Live

January 13, 2011

By Yana K. Spiritual Compromise or Technological Advancement? At the end of each work week, Jewish students are invited to join Rabbi Michelle Medwin for Temple to celebrate Shabbat. But sometimes, certain conditions may make it impossible for this meeting to happen between Religious Advisor and pupils. For example, last Friday, there was a snow [...]

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Background Information on the Holiday of Chanukah

December 1, 2010

Chanukah — the eight-day festival of light that begins on the eve of the Jewish month of Kislev 25 — celebrates the triumph of light over darkness, of purity over adulteration, of spirituality over materiality.  This year, 2010, Chanukah begins on the evening of Wednesday, Dec. 1. More than twenty-one centuries ago, the Holy Land [...]

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Chanted Meditation

November 27, 2010

By Jake H. Earlier this week Rabbi Medwin decided to introduce a new type of meditation to the students. The meditation is focused on the sound of Hebrew words chanted in a melodious way. Rabbi lowered the lights and played the chanting over the speaker system in the chapel. At first the words were odd, [...]

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Slowing Down the Process

November 3, 2010

By Jake H. There is a short story in the Torah about two twins named Esau and Jacob. Esau was the older of the two and as a result was the heir to his father’s wealth and property. One day Jacob was cooking a stew and Esau approached and asked for some because he is [...]

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Sukkot Celebration at The Family Foundation School

September 30, 2010

A community wide day full of activities culminating in dinner under the Sukkah occurred at the Family Foundation School on Sunday, September 26, 2010.

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JEWISH HIGH HOLY DAYS

September 8, 2010

The holiest days of the year for the Jewish people will take place over the next few weeks. I wanted to share with you some of the themes and teachings of the upcoming holy days and how well they parallel the Twelve Steps.  I will also send, in a separate e-mail, what the Jewish students [...]

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PASSOVER – Celebrating the Journey from Slavery to Freedom

March 28, 2010

The Jewish holiday of Passover begins on Monday, March 29th and lasts for 7 or 8 days. (Jews living in Israel and all Reform Jews celebrate for 7 days as described in the Torah. Conservative and Orthodox Jews who live outside of Israel observe Passover for eight days based on a tradition that allowed for [...]

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