While we may never fully know the spiritual outcome of our High Holiday prayers or the impact of our repentance, the tangible power of tzedakah is undeniable. Every dollar contributed leaves an imprint.
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Every new year confronts us with a seminal question: What in our lives is worth repeating, and what needs to change?
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How best to handle the sirens this Sept. 11?
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“Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.” ~George Santayana
I was gone about two hours.
I’d gone to see my stepbrother, who lived nearby. My girlfriend didn’t want to come, so I told her to rest, and I’d be back soon.
When I got back to my father’s property, where we lived in the camper we’d bought together, it was gone. So was she.
She’d packed my clothes into a bag and left them on my father’s porch on her way out. That told me everything I needed to know. The camper was the only place …
We need to conquer new ways for the New Year that will expand and deepen our strategies and skill, accessible pathways for renewed expression of our souls, impervious to the evil surrounding us.
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Under SB 1387, California law would state that “ethnicity” is inclusive of Jewish identity.
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