Praying with Fringes 02/07/16 – what you love and what you fear

Gatherings Elliott Femynye batTzedek Gather your strengths           and gather your failures Gather your kin           and gather your strangers Gather what you love           and what you fear Gather what you have lost           and what you have yet to find Find the courage to proclaim           “All we gather is sacred”

Judaism Next – Rabbi Rami Shapiro’s vision of a vastly-reformed Judaism

For Torah study in our November service we began a discussion about the article below. In the face of Jewish Institutional Life despair about Jews intermarrying and not joining synagogues, Rami puts forth a vision of a Jewish future that accounts for our multi-cultural, modern lives even while valuing the story of our particular tribe. … Continue reading Judaism Next – Rabbi Rami Shapiro’s vision of a vastly-reformed Judaism