16
Oct
Erev Shabbat Shalom,
Do you know what #LGM is? It is the Twitter ‘hashtag’ for Let’s Go Mets. And having suffered for many years as a big fan it is nice to feel a little...
Rabbi Englander’s Blog
09
Oct
Erev Shabbat Shalom,
We are back on our regular Havurat Shabbat schedule tomorrow, which is to say that we are “on” unless we announce that we are “off” for any particular week. No bar mitzvah...
25
Sep
Erev Shabbat Shalom,
First, just a reminder that we will have services tomorrow, celebrating the bat mitzvah of Yael Hamaoui. It promises to be a wonderful morning and I hope to see you there if...
11
Sep
From my family to yours, I wish our whole Havurat Shabbat community and subscriber list a Shanah Tovah Um’tukah, a good, sweet, meaningful, growth-filled year. I am looking forward to seeing so many of...
09
Aug
It has been a couple of days since I posted here - I will admit that this is mainly due to late nights, early mornings, and packed days. This has been a fascinating and...
06
Aug
It is just before 9 pm and I'm writing this on my phone from the small bus we have been using to ferry our group around. Today, once again, was both fascinating and inspiring....
05
Aug
To begin a short post tonight, as it is late and the end of a long day, the first thing to note is that it was our first full day with the extraordinary president...
05
Aug
We started another incredible day in Guatemala by leaving early from Guatemala City to head to west and slightly north to the second largest city in the country, Quetzaltenango (the national bird of Guatemala...
04
Aug
We began the morning sharing stories of self, telling what and who inspires us to spend some time doing this work. Many stories were as beautiful as they were personal, and it was a...
03
Aug
We have just concluded our program for our second day together in Guatemala. Figuring that we had more energy today than probably later in the week, we met with two AJWS grantees, while other days...
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