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Tu B’Shevat in the Laurie Wagman Playschool & Abigail R. Cohen Preschool

Tu B’Shevat, the 15th day of the month of Shevat on the Jewish calendar, is the day that marks the birthday of trees. This is the season in which the… Read More

Posted: February 1, 2016 by

Welcoming Hazak to BZBI

Hazak is an organization under the umbrella of United Synagogues of Conservative Judaism aimed at members 55 years and greater. (Clearly an arbitrary line in the sand.)  It is a… Read More

Posted: January 28, 2016 by

New Ritual at BZBI

Late this past December, I had the pleasure of teaching Shabbat zemirot[1] as a guest faculty member of Mechon Hadar’s 2015 Singing Communities Intensive. It was a treat to teach songs to… Read More

Posted: January 27, 2016 by

Learning About Cultures Other Than Our Own

In December’s session of Teaching Torah to Teens (TTT), we welcomed two special guests from The Interfaith Center of Greater Philadelphia to co-lead our discussion. After a kiddush of sufiganiyot… Read More

Posted: January 20, 2016 by

What I learned from my Bar Mitzvah

In Celebration of Rabbi Levine's 60th Bar Mitzvah Anniversary Bo 5776/16 January 2016

A couple of days ago, my cousin and I watched the short movie that was taken during the weekend of my  Bar Mitzvah in Cleveland, Ohio, in Jan 1956. I… Read More

Posted: January 19, 2016 by
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