Jewish Faith

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, [...]

Read the full article →

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 [...]

Read the full article →

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.

Read the full article →

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 [...]

Read the full article →

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 [...]

Read the full article →

Jewish Class to Heal Suffering

March 3, 2010

By Luke V. Rabbi Michele Medwin, Jewish Student Advisor at The Family Foundation School has started a new class to help the Jewish students that have distress in their lives. The class focuses on Healing from Despair, a book written by Rabbi Elie Kaplan Spitz. The book is comprised of certain sections. The first section [...]

Read the full article →

Holiday Dinner

February 1, 2010

There will be a special program during dinner tonight for the Jewish students to celebrate the Jewish holiday of Tu B’Shevat.  The students are asked to get dinner, silver ware and cups from their families and join Rabbi Michele in Serenity Hall. Tu B’shevat (which means the 15th of the Jewish month of Shevat) is [...]

Read the full article →

Wholeness in a broken world

January 20, 2010

Rabbi Michele Medwin shared that she recently read a wonderful book called “Healing from Despair: Choosing Wholeness in a Broken World” by Rabbi Elie Kaplan Spitz.  Because she thought the book could be of help to some of the students, she got in touch with the author. Said Medwin, “I told him about the work [...]

Read the full article →

← Previous Entries

Next Entries →