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Four Redemption

Pesach 5776/ 23 April 2016

During my second year in Chicago, I helped start a RESOLVE peer-led infertility support group at Anshe Emet, a project that grew out of Rebecca’s and my struggles, through the past… Read More

Posted: April 25, 2016 by

Recap of Dennis Ross

What a treat! Living in Center City we are constantly bombarded with events that are educational, intellectual, or entertaining. What a special treat when an event is all three and… Read More

Posted: April 21, 2016 by

Speech, Stories, and Slavery

Shabbat HaGadol 5776/16 April 2016

In the brisk Latvian autumn of 1963, sixteen-year-old Yosef Mendelevich learned of a small group of Jews who spent Sundays in a pine forest outside Riga known as Rumbuli. On… Read More

Posted: April 18, 2016 by

Where Have You Bean All My Life?

Tazria 5776/9 April 2016

On December 24, 2015, the Conservative Movement’s Committee on Jewish Law and Standards approved two teshuvot[1] (Jewish legal opinions) dealing with the question of whether contemporary American Conservative Jews may eat… Read More

Posted: April 14, 2016 by

Spring is Hatching in our BZBI Pre-K!

Every year, during springtime, the school participates in an egg hatching project from Quiver Farm. This year “Farmer John” introduced us to Pearl the mother hen and Harold the father… Read More

Posted: April 6, 2016 by

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