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Join the World’s Largest Book Club!

by Rabbi Audrey Pollack, December 1, 2019

The world’s largest book club is looking for new members! On January 4, 2020 there will be worldwide gatherings of readers, celebrating the siyyum, or completion, of the seven and…

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Ethiopian Jews & the Festival Sigd

by Rabbi Audrey Pollack, October 30, 2019

Hodesh Tov! This is the standard Jewish greeting at the start of each new month in the Jewish calendar. As November begins this year in the secular calendar, the month…

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Asking the Hard Questions

by Rabbi Audrey Pollack, September 26, 2019

What is it about the High Holy Days that draws so many of us into the synagogue? Even if we have not been more than a few times or perhaps…

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Walking in the Fields

by Rabbi Audrey Pollack, August 28, 2019

The Hebrew month of Elul begins this year on August 31st-September 1st. Elul marks the beginning of the end of the Jewish Year. During Elul we blow the shofar every…

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