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Rav Mark's Musings: May 2013
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Rav Mark's Musings: Thoughts on Jewish peoplehood, Israeli current events, and more. Friday, May 10, 2013. The Crying Need for Jewish Unity and Religious Pluralism at the Kotel. Shortly we will celebrate the holiday of Shavuot which commemorates the giving of the Torah at Mount Sinai. Our tradition teaches us that every. Jew was in attendance for this magnificent, historic event - including all who ever lived in the past, and all those yet to be born in the future. Or Women of the Wall. Meanwhile Haredi ...
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Rav Mark's Musings: January 2013
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Rav Mark's Musings: Thoughts on Jewish peoplehood, Israeli current events, and more. Friday, January 18, 2013. Why the Appalling Silence on Syria? Here is the speech President Obama should be delivering on horrific slaughter in Syria:. Http:/ blogs.timesofisrael.com/president-obamas-appalling-silence-on-syria/. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Why the Appalling Silence on Syria? I am a Conservative rabbi who has been serving Congregation Beth Shalom in Atlanta since 1988. And www.haftorahaudio.com. I am a pas...
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Rav Mark's Musings: July 2013
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Rav Mark's Musings: Thoughts on Jewish peoplehood, Israeli current events, and more. Monday, July 29, 2013. We all Make Our Own. Recently, I came across an excellent piece in the Jewish Forward on how we are all ultimately responsible for creating our own Jewish experiences and community. The main point that Joanne Seiff makes is that what each of us do as individuals - in our own Jewish communities - is what ultimately determines the character of that community. Truer words were never spoken. I received...
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Rav Mark's Musings: Next Year in Jerusalem
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Rav Mark's Musings: Thoughts on Jewish peoplehood, Israeli current events, and more. Wednesday, September 4, 2013. Next Year in Jerusalem. At the conclusion of our Yom Kippur services we will gather together, blow the shofar, and enthusiastically sing aloud: “ L’Shanah HaBa’ah B’Yerushalayim. 8221;, hoping that perhaps next year we will be privileged to celebrate the holidays in Jerusalem. This powerful moment (which also takes place at the end of our Passover Seder. A few days before our most recent tri...
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Rav Mark's Musings: November 2012
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Rav Mark's Musings: Thoughts on Jewish peoplehood, Israeli current events, and more. Friday, November 16, 2012. Israel has faced an unceasing threat from rockets emanating out of Gaza ever since they pulled out of the territory back in 2005. And instead of using Israel's disengagement to build trust and work towards peace, Hamas has turned Gaza into a forward base to relentlessly attack Israel with its increasingly deadly rocket arsenal. 1) Stand up publicly and state you support for Israel's defensive e...
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Rav Mark's Musings: March 2013
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Rav Mark's Musings: Thoughts on Jewish peoplehood, Israeli current events, and more. Friday, March 22, 2013. What Re-Living the Exodus Teaches Us. What Re-Living the Exodus Teaches Us. It’s a typical day. Things are going along just fine. Then something happens that dramatically changes everything and turns your world upside down. A child gets injured, a parent falls suddenly ill, or you have a car accident. Suddenly, your whole life is put on hold. I struggled out of the vehicle to help free Avi from th...
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Rav Mark's Musings: Keeping Our Jewish Spark Alive
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Rav Mark's Musings: Thoughts on Jewish peoplehood, Israeli current events, and more. Monday, December 16, 2013. Keeping Our Jewish Spark Alive. In the aftermath of the now famous Pew Report, our community leaders are in a tizzy trying to figure out how to re-energize the American Jewish community. Community institutions. At the core, we seem to be a less inspired and engaged community than we used to be. But one thing I know for sure is that it we should never give up on any Jewish soul, no matter how di...
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Rav Mark's Musings: Jewish Experience? We all Make Our Own...
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Rav Mark's Musings: Thoughts on Jewish peoplehood, Israeli current events, and more. Monday, July 29, 2013. We all Make Our Own. Recently, I came across an excellent piece in the Jewish Forward on how we are all ultimately responsible for creating our own Jewish experiences and community. The main point that Joanne Seiff makes is that what each of us do as individuals - in our own Jewish communities - is what ultimately determines the character of that community. Truer words were never spoken. I received...
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Sermon - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. For other uses, see Sermon (disambiguation). Part of a series. 160; Christianity portal. By a member of a religious institution. Sermons address a Biblical, theological, religious, or moral topic, usually expounding on a type of belief, law or behavior within both past and present contexts. Elements of the sermon often include exposition, exhortation and practical application. The word "sermon" comes from a Middle English. Word which was derived from Old French.