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Saturday, October 1: Music at the Center: Ensemble 4.1 Wednesday, October 12: Break the Fast Sunday, October 16: Decorate the Courtyard Sukkah Tuesday, October 18: Sukkot Workshop for Bereaved Jews Saturday, October 22: Havdalah Party in the Sukkah
Last week a group of EMJCers (children included) and friends went on a 2-hour Kayak Trip in Jamaica Bay, guided by park rangers from the Gateway National Recreation Area (as well as Park Service Volunteer and EMJCer Hagai Kamil). We paddled out from Floyd Bennett Field along the coast nearly … READ MORE
This week, East Midwood hosted 100 teens from two groups at Camp Tel Yehudah, Young Judaea’s national teen leadership camp. Tel Yehudah draws campers from across the United States, United Kingdom, Israel and increasingly, around the world. The smaller group comprised mostly of rising 10th graders are participants in the Bonim … READ MORE
Parshat Re’eh offers one of the most interesting mitzvot in the Torah, that of Ir HaNidahat, the city that ‘has gone astray’, i.e. begun to worship idols. The details are basically “if you hear of a city that has gone astray, blah blah, kill them all”, so, y’know, no biggie. … READ MORE
In my previous pulpit position, I worked with a rabbi who wouldn’t allow himself to be on the Mi SheBerakh list. No matter how ill he got (although, in the time I was there, he never got that ill) he would refuse to let his name be mentioned during the … READ MORE
