Getting Ready for the High Holidays
Hazzan Daniel Friedman & Cantor Jacqueline Rafii recorded a beautiful rendition of the Chassidic Kaddish
A New Pedagogy for Teaching Torah Trope Utilizing Gardner’s Multiple Intelligence Theories
In The Jewish Educator, Hazzan Daniel Friedman published the article “A New Pedagogy for Teaching Torah Trope Utilizing Gardner’s Multiple Intelligence Theories: Introduction to a Torah Trope Curriculum for Ages 2 to 92”. In this article he asks the question: “How can I engage students of trope beyond the traditional years prior to their Bar/Bat Mitzvah or as an adjunct to an adult Bar/Bat Mitzvah course?
Seekers of Truth Among the Ruins—Thoughts for the 9th of Av By Rabbi Mordecai Finley
Well-being is within our reach, although many us of may feel unfulfilled or alone. The need to inflict misery is in our nature, yet we can learn from our teachings. We study the narratives of the Golden Calf and the Sin of the Spies to remind ourselves of our moral transgressions. However, sin also includes acting against our authentic nature.
Why Are There So Many Jewish Lawyers? By Rabbi Jonathan Sacks z”l
At the beginning of the book of Devarim, Moses reviews the history of the Israelites’ experience in the wilderness, starting with the appointment of leaders throughout the people, heads of thousands, hundreds, fifties, and tens. He continues:
Rabbi Cantor Artist Author Eva Robbins -“A Time of Grieving”
Tradition encourages our memories to be jogged as we enter into the new month of Av, laden with historic calamities, particularly the ones most pivotal and strikingly cataclysmic: The destruction of the holy temples, the first in 586 BCE and the second in 70 CE. The rabbis’ integration of a formal grief tradition helps us to prepare both mentally and spiritually for the High Holy Days.
The Aseret HaDibrot
The Aseret HaDibrot should be understood as a covenant for both a theology and a way of life. It transcends a halakhic list of laws, to become an educational covenant.
Rabbi Dr. Tal Sessler speaks at student retreat to Alumni
About 20 alums attended in person and via zoom the wonderful discussion from a Torah spiritual perspective about the current surge of anti semitic violence in our country, and how to confront it morally, spiritually and communally, while leaning on the age-old wisdom of Jewish textuality.
Goldreich, MJS Revital Somekh (AJRCA 2019)
Revital is a stained-glass Judaic artist-cum-scholar and educator. She started her teaching career in the Israeli Defense Force, where she was one of the first women artillery officers. After receiving her BA in Architecture from the Technion in Haifa, she traveled around the world, eventually settling in Los Angeles, where she practiced as a certified public accountant (CPA) licensed to audit in California.
Kuperstock, Chaplain Dina Batsheva (AJRCA 2019)
Chaplain Dina Kuperstock graduated with honors from the University of Michigan with a BA in American Culture, and minors in Film/Media and Anthropology. Prior to pursuing chaplaincy, Dina was an agent in the Media Finance Department at Creative Artists Agency, one of the world’s largest entertainment agencies. She managed the company’s film sales business, licensing…
Megdal, Cantor Bryce Emily (AJRCA 2015 & 2019)
Bryce Emily Megdal was born and raised in Tucson, Arizona. She attended a Jewish day school from first through eighth grade, where she developed a lifelong passion for Judaism and the Hebrew language. She began her singing journey in fourth grade, when she joined the Tucson Jewish Youth Choir in its first year.