tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21549157655094422712011-04-21T21:31:36.489-04:00News about the Tekiah Project at Old York Road Temple-Beth Am and Random Thoughts from Rabbi Larry Sernovitz.Rabbi Larry Sernovitzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12333663648800773499noreply@blogger.comBlogger61100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2154915765509442271.post-28958743324786179032009-01-08T22:43:00.002-05:002009-01-08T22:53:55.496-05:00

Today, at Love Park in Center City Philadelphia, the Jewish Community gathered to show our support for the State of Israel. The event was attended by approximately 2,500 people and speakers included Senator Arlen Specter, among others. Senator Specter stated that, "Israel's recent incursion into Gaza was justified because the country "has every right under international law to defend itself

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Bernie Madoff will be in the news for months if not years to come. Investors, as well as recipients, of the 50 Billion dollars invested with Madoff have already felt the consequences. Jewish institutions, as well as secular institutions, have lost a substantial source of funding and are being forced to look internally at their budgets.The Jewish community is not only feeling the hit financially,

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There has been a lot of talk in Tekiah meetings about concern for the environment. What needs to change in order to make a difference? This kind of change requires thinking out of the box, bringing new ideas to the table.The Detroit Bailout is a good example of this. Does Detroit need to change? Here is what Thomas Friedman has to say in yesterday's NY Times.http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/10/

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Do you have difficultly communicating with your kids? Would they rather "text message" their friends than speak to you in person? Instead of having a conversation around the dinner table, is their phone out and their thumbs on the keys?It is no secret that communication has always been an issue between parents and kids. But, today that issue is more complicated with the development and

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Thanksgiving in America has always been very interesting to me. So, I did some research and spoke about its origins during Friday night services and how it was Abraham Lincoln on October 3, 1863 made Thanksgiving an official National Holiday. Lincoln's Thanksgiving Proclamation that year was very religious, Biblical, in nature and could have come right from a Jewish prayerbook.Lincoln began by

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For a while now, I have been thinking about creating a blog. The initial rationale was to provide a space to post news about the Tekiah Project, our social action initative at Beth Am. In the process of creating this blog, I thought that it would also give me the option to post my random comments about what was going on in the world and solicit your comments- way to engage you all in dialogue on

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