We are a small congregation that needs the knowledge, participation and enthusiasm of the people who are forming independent minyanim to be members and leaders...
Eleanor Kaplan Adams
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Jun 18, 2009 3:11 pm
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*Conservative movement hosts educators’ confab * http://www.njjewishnews.com/njjn.com/061809/njConservativeMovementHosts.html Johanna Ginsberg, NJJN Staff...
Avi Hein (avihein@...) has shared an article from JTA.org with you. Here is what Avi Hein says: This is a great idea and an interesting model that some...
Dear Chevreh, The newest issue of *G'vanim*: The Journal of The Academy for Jewish Religion, was just posted online, and I have pasted below the table of ...
Shefa participants may also be interested in a new book just published by the Alban Institute, Synagogues in a Time of Change: Fragmentation and Diversity in...
And, to follow up on Jonathan's mention of Synagogues in a Time of Change: Fragmentation and Diversity in Jewish Religious Movements (published by the Alban...
Hayim Herring
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Jun 24, 2009 4:20 am
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*Korach 5769/2009: "Korach's Children"* Rabbi Menachem Creditor *Celebrating the 50th wedding anniversary of Sheila and Art Braufman Celebrating the the...
Dear friends, Here is a jewel of Jewish learning, at no cost: http://www.Our-Learning.com/KimelmanCollection/S This is a 76-minute outstanding exploration of ...
Dear chevreh,  I don't fully understand the liturgical changes. I like a lot of the prayers listed, such as the hadlikat nerot blessing, "On Holiness", and...
Shalom all, I would agree with Nina K. in that the passages and theology discussed in the above article may not exactly point exclusively to the concerns of an...
Dear Jonah and chevreh, Â While I understand that many LGBT Jews feel left out, perhaps, of prayer because of the language, I would still agree with Jonah's...
this forward came via Rabbi Andrew Sacks. ________________________________________ *It is with great sorrow that we share with you that last night there was an...
Having moved to a new city and looking around for a synagogue to join, and coming from a strong life-long Conservative background, I have learned that one of...
Gary Goldberg
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Jul 6, 2009 1:33 am
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*JPost.com: "Arson scorches Modi'in synagogue entrance"* MATTHEW WAGNER ...
H.evre -- There is, l'fi aniyut da'ati, a fundamental misunderstanding of the concept of "chosenness." The phrase, "chosen people," does not appear as such in...
H.evre -- During sh'loshim for my father, I visited a number of Conservative synagogues in and around my home town of Chicago and elsewhere. Virtually every...
____________________________________ From: jrosen@... To: alanjayg46@... Sent: 7/6/2009 11:49:19 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time Subj: Masorti Kehilla...
alanjayg46@...
Jul 6, 2009 6:52 pm
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As a(n irregular) minyan-aire, I am often the 10th at my home congregation as well. We have a sign on our street advertising our daily evening minyan at...
Michael & h.evre -- The morning minyan has a somewhater higher "mitzvah quotient" in that it includes fulfilling "l'hitateif ba-tzitzit" and "l'hani'ah....
To Conservative Jews in faith and practice: I believe this is the first time I am writing to the Shefa listserv so let me begin by saying Yashar koach to...
David: Y’shar Kokhekha. I had started to write essentially the same thoughts this morning, when I got distracted by work. Two variations on your theme: 1....
*The Death of a Complicated Musician* Rabbi Menachem Creditor A complicated person just died, compelling the attention of the world's media and millions of...
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