From Rabbi Brian Walt - Tikkun v'Or / Ithaca Reform Temple · Books: Art Green, Judaism’s 10 Best Ideas: A Brief Guide for Seekers Ana Levy Lyons, No Other Gods: The Politics of

Issue 207 * September-October 2018 * Elul - Tishrei - Chesvan iuaj - hra, - kukt

CongregationTikkun v’OrIthaca Reform TempleSpirit Community Justice

From Rabbi Brian Walt

Dear Friends, This past Shabbat was Rosh Chodesh Elul, the first day of the Jewish month of Elul, the beginning

of 40 days of teshuva/turning that ends on Yom Kippur. Caryn and I blow shofar at home everyday (except Shabbat), so for the past two days I have struggled - not so successfully - to get a clear, strong sound out of our shofar! As we are both rabbis, we have already spent a lot of time planning for the holidays and the next four weeks are among the most hectic in our year.

This morning I was doing some work on the holidays and read my first Rosh Hashanah sermon at TVO in 2009. It is a very personal, introductory sermon sharing my personal history and core beliefs to the congregation. If you would like to read it, you can find it on our website <www.tikkunvor.org>.

Over this coming month devoted to teshuva/turning/transformation, I hope that we all find some time everyday to feel gratitude for the gift of being alive and that we make personal choices that bring more love, joy and meaning into our lives. Do something fun everyday! Do something new and meaningful every day! And, may it be a month when we realign our lives with our deepest values and with our commitment to serve the greatest good for all and for our planet. In the Yamim Noraim supplement to this newsletter, you will find some suggestions that may be helpful.

Like last year, the upcoming High Holidays are in the context of a profound moral emergency in America, in Israel, and for our entire planet. We will celebrate all the small and big ways in which members of our community, and our community as whole, has upheld the vision of love, justice and peace for all which is the most important principle of Judaism. We will also explore how we may choose to join with others in taking bold steps in the coming year to help turn our country and Israel towards justice, freedom and equality for all and toward a life that sustains and protects our planet.

In this regard, I am very excited that Dr. Nia Nunn will be our Isaiah Challenge speaker this year. She is such an inspiring leader in our community who is devoted to sharing her wisdom with the next generation. I am sure she will challenge and inspire us all. This talk, like our services, is open to the community at large. Please invite others to join us for this and any other part of our services.

I am looking forward to singing, dancing and praying with you as we join together to welcome the blessing of a brand new year.

With love and blessings for peace / shalom, Rabbi Brian

P.S. If you want to listen to something very inspiring, I recommend listening to Reverend Barber’s extraordinary eulogy for Dorothy Cotton. You can listen to it on the recording of the event in her honor that was held at Cornell this past Saturday. His eulogy is from 32:10 - 55:20. I think you will be very moved and it is extremely relevant to the spiritual/ethical work we are called to do this month. If you listen to all of it from the beginning you’ll hear beautiful music from the Dorothy Cotton Jubilee Singers and see the beautiful faces of several TvO members who are part of the choir! Enjoy!!

https://www.cornell.edu/video/dorothy-cotton-civil-rights-leader-life-legacy-celebration

September-October 2018 Tikkun v’Or Newsletter www.tikkunvor.org

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We have found ourselves arriving at the high holidays once again. As the plants around us begin to ready themselves for winter, we use the call of the shofar to pause and prepare for the rejuvenation that will carry us through the year until we arrive here again. In our Jewish tradition, the shofar calls us to come together in order to pause, breathe, pray, reflect. It invites

us to journey inward, looking deeply inside ourselves for the truths that need our attention. Like so many Jewish traditions, however, this individual journey of reflection and repair relies on the coming together of the community. It calls us to pause together as a community, to breathe together, to open our individual hearts inside of a community of opening hearts, and to renew ourselves as individuals in our own right, as individuals in a community and as a whole community.

The high holidays show us that when we tend to the community, we create a container that can anchor us and keep us steady when we have challenging work to do. Our congregation confronts so much throughout the course of the year, personally, spiritually, and in the service of social justice. It isn’t always easy. We have tragedy, disappointment, fierce disagreement, we make mistakes, and we don’t always show up in the ways we want to. The high holidays give us the

opportunity to pause, breathe, reflect, and do our repair work. In the process of doing that work together, we are reminded that as we rise to meet the challenges the year brings us, we are not alone. We are held in this wonderful, loving, challenging, imperfect community. The shofar calls us to find each other, to reach out for support and to be present for each other in all of our unique ways, as we wake up to wrestle with the truths of our lives, our relationships, and our world.

We are so grateful, this Rosh Hashanah, to pause, pray, and reflect with all of you, in this precious community that we grow and nurture together every day of the year. We wish you all the brightest new year blessings. May our individual and collective inscriptions in the Book of Life be complicated and colorful, written in design and secret code, with bold and beautiful illustrations. May they tell tales of all the ways we were excellent to one another, and the ways in which we held each other as we did the hard work of looking deeply inside ourselves to learn how to do better, and the ways in which together we struggled and worked and danced and sang and grieved and celebrated and marched and organized (and sang and danced some more)....all in the service of Love. Shana tova!

- Lauren and Shira

www.tikkunvor.org Tikkun v’Or Newsletter September-October 2018

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Shabbat and Holidays ohdju ,ca

Details about all high holiday services are in the special High Holiday newsletter. Please note that all Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur services are held at the Hangar Theatre (801 Taughannock Blvd).All other services are at Congregation Tikkun v’Or (2550 N Triphammer Rd)

Tuesday, Sept 4, 7:30-8:30 p.m. Selichot Led by Anne BussardSelichot are penitential prayers centering on acts of forgiveness with an emphasis on the merciful aspects of God. Please join us as we explore the power of forgiveness — from others, for ourselves, and for those who have hurt or harmed us.

Friday, Sept 7 No services scheduledSunday, Sept 9, 7 p.m. Rosh Hashanah beginsMonday, Sept 10, 9 a.m. Rosh Hashanah morning service (see supplement for details)Friday, Sept 14, 7:30 p.m. Kabbalat Shabbat (Welcoming Shabbat) led Judy SaulTuesday, Sept 18, 7 p.m. Yom Kippur - Kol Nidre serviceWednesday, Sept 19, 9 a.m. Yom Kippur (see supplement for details)Friday, Sept 21 No services scheduledFriday, Sept 28, 6-7:30 p.m. Intergenerational ShabbatFriday, October 5, 7:30 p.m. Kabbalat Shabbat (Welcoming Shabbat)

Led by Rabbi Brian with Adina Wilensky, wusic with Marne O’Shae and Lauren Korfine. Join us for a joyful Shabbat service!

Saturday, October 6 Shabbat morning serviceBat Mitzvah: Adina Wilensky, daughter of Naomi and Joe Wilensky8:45-9:30 a.m. Chanting and Silent Meditation with Rabbi Walt. Please note early start time.10:00 – 10:40 a.m. Shabbat Morning Service 10:40-11:20 a.m. Torah Reading and Haftarah 11:20-12:10 p.m. Adina’s d’var Torah, discussion, blessings, and concluding prayers 12:15 p.m. Kiddush/Lunch *Bnai Mitzvah services are communal events at which we welcome a young person into our community. We hope that many congregants will come to the services to welcome Ariel into the community and to celebrate with them and their families.

Friday, Oct 12, 6-8 p.m. Kabbalat Shabbat and Dinner with Rabbi BrianJoin us for a very short family-friendly Shabbat service and table rituals followed by Shabbat dinner (dairy and vegetarian dish-to pass), and singing and folk dancing! Give yourself the gift of Shabbat!

Saturday Oct 13, Shabbat morning service led by Rabbi Brian9-9:45 a.m. Chanting and Silent Meditation with Rabbi Walt. 10:00 a.m. – 12:15 p.m. Shabbat Morning Service

Friday Oct 19 Shabbat in the Community (see page 7)Friday, Oct 26, 7:30 p.m. Kabbalat Shabbat (Welcoming Shabbat) Leader TBASaturday Oct 27, 9:30-11 a.m. Shabbat morning service led by Miranda PhillipsFriday, Nov 2, 6-7:30 p.m. Intergenerational Shabbat


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This We Believe, This I Believe:Core Ideas and Practices of Judaism

Taught by Rabbi Brian WaltMonday Evenings 7:00-8:30 pm

October 8, November 12, December 10, April 1, June 10

In 2010 Rabbi Brian offered the class “This We Believe, This I Believe” that explored the faith and practice of Judaism and our own personal faith and spiritual/ethical practice. In 2018-19 Rabbi Brian will offer a class on the same topic using two new texts as basic resources. In 2010 we used Radical Judaism by Arthur Green as the primary text. This coming year we will use a short booklet by Rabbi Green, Judaism’s 10 Best Ideas: A Brief Guide for Seekers, and a thought provoking book by Ana Levy Lyons, No Other Gods: The Politics of the Ten Commandments.

Liberal Jews often find it difficult to define what it means to be Jew. Is there anything one must believe or practice as a liberal Jew? Using the two books assigned for the class, and maybe some additional readings, we will explore what ideas and practices of Judaism are compelling and meaningful for us.

This class will offer participants an opportunity to reflect on their own spiritual journey as well as their moral beliefs and practices. Participants will conclude the class by writing a personal belief statement. To support this process of reflection, participants are required to come to all class sessions, and encouraged (not required) to read between monthly class sessions, keep a journal, experiment with taking on new spiritual practices and meet with other participants between class sessions.

No prior knowledge is required and the class is open to anyone interested in learning about Judaism and exploring their own spiritual journey and spiritual/moral beliefs and practice. Those who attended the class in 2010 are also encouraged to attend.

Books: Art Green, Judaism’s 10 Best Ideas: A Brief Guide for Seekers Ana Levy Lyons, No Other Gods: The Politics of the Ten Commandments.

Cost: $30 TvO members $50 non-members.

To register: contact [email protected]

or 607-256-1471

Registration in the class will be limited.

Membership & Welcoming Committee ,urcjv sgu

The best way to support Tikkun v’Or is by becoming a member! For more information contact Sharon Ziegler 607- 272-0680 <[email protected]>


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Religious School rutu iueh, rpx ,hc

This year at Religious School we have many amazing things planned! Our first day of class will be Sunday, September 16. First, meet our teachers:Gan and Kitah Alef t v,hf (K/grade 1) will be exploring holidays, Shabbat, and mitzvot with Rabbi Tziona Szajman.Kitah Bet/Gimel d/c v,hf (grades 2/3) will explore the meaning of kedusha (holiness) in their own lives, and learning Hebrew with Miranda Phillips and Tova Wilensky.Kitah Daled/Hey v/s v,hf (grades 5/6) will consider the stories and teachings of the prophets and the purpose of prayer, with Jeff Bercuvitz and Lauren Monroe.Kitah Vav/Zayin z/u v,hf ((grade 6/7), our older students, will be studying weekly Torah portions and the values they impart with Kenny Berkowitz and Mirit Hadar.We will all be singing with Marne Oshae.Cantor Abbe Lyons teaches the midweek class. We are changing our schedule a little this year to give more time for hands-on learning and community building. Students will begin their mornings with a JEWCY QUESTION, such as “What makes you feel most Jewish?” or “How can you bring tikkun (healing) and or (light) to Tikkun v’Or?” Students will take a few minutes in class to share their thoughts on these questions as they begin class time (for Hebrew/Judaic Studies). We will then gather together for tefillah (a short prayer service to practice what we are learning), with plenty of ruach (spirit and singing). We’ll then have hafsakah (break / snack) and brand-new exciting chugim (electives) before returning to classes until noon. Students are to be picked up from 12-12:15 p.m. Families of registered students will be recieving more information about the curriculum and schedule later this month. Registration and tuition assistance forms are available at www.tikkunvor.org. Tuition assistance is available thanks to a grants from Ithaca Area United Jewish Community. Special events include:Farbrengen (gatherings) with Rabbi Brian WaltClass services with Cantor Abbe LyonsSunday, Sept 30 Simchat TorahSunday, October 10 Special Guests TBASunday, January 6 Program with Temple Beth-El, TBASunday, May 19 End of year Siyyum (celebration)

We’re looking forward to seeing you in school!If you have any questions, please contact Naomi Wilensky 607-256-1471 or [email protected].

Teens v’Or

All teens of Tikkun v’Or are invited to partcipate in our youth group.Plans for this semester include apple picking, carving pumpkins, celebrating Chanukah, watching movies, supporting each other in theatre productions, and more! Be on the lookout for more information!


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Special Program: Hidden in France

In July, 2011, I returned to the Dior family’s ancestral village in Normandy to visit the graves of my great grandparents. At the central square I found the following plaque, which had not been there my previous visit:

HERE IN SAVIGNY LE VIEUXSOME THIRTY JEWISH CHILDRENWERE WELCOMED AND PROTECTEDBETWEEN 1942 AND 1949

THANKS TO THE COURAGE OF A FEW VILLAGERSAND THE WATCHFUL BENEVOLENCEOF THE VILLAGE COMMUNITYLET US REMEMBER THE HUMANITYTO WHICH THE MEMBERS OF THIS COMMUNITYGAVE PROOF.

I had tears in my eyes. Later, through a card purchased in the Holocaust Museum in Washington, I was able to recognize my ancestral village in a watercolor painted by Simon Jeruchim, one of the Jewish children hidden in Savigny, and now a well known artist. Simon and his wife Cecile, together with four members of my village, will participate in Shabbat services at TVO on October 12, 2018, and will make a presentation open to the public at TVO Sunday afternoon, October 14, from 2 to 4 PM. Simon will display some 15 watercolors he painted while hidden in Savigny.

All are welcome. -- Tony Dior Gaenslen

Intergenerational Shabbat Friday, September 28

Families with young children, people who like to be around young children, and people of all ages are all welcome to this short and playful intergenerational service. We’ll start at 6 p.m. with a veggie/dairy potluck dinner, followed by Shabbat songs, prayers, and stories (with PJ Library books).

Naomi and Joe Wilenskyinvite you to join us

as our daughterAdina Peri

is called to the Torah as a bat mitzvahSaturday, October 6, 2018

10 a.m.


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Got Shabbat ?

Join other Tikkun v’Or members for Shabbat dinner in a host home. Have fun, meet new people and greet old friends

Congregation Tikkun v’Or SHABBAT IN THE COMMUNITY, DISH-TO-PASS

FRIDAY, October 19 at 6 PM

EVERYONE WELCOME! Shabbat in the Community is a TvO

member event that brings us together in small groups in one another's homes to observe Shabbat with a potluck dinner and discussion.

It's a wonderful chance to get to know other members of Tikkun v'Or in your neighborhood or surrounding area.

A host family will contact you approximately one week prior to the event with details. If you are willing to offer your home as a location for Shabbat in the Community, please e-‐mail: PETER SILBERMAN at: [email protected] Look for information about on-‐line Registration in the TvO E-‐news!


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Many Thanks vsu, cr

Thanks to:• Recent service leaders: Annie Wexler and Tony Gaenslen, Beth Cohen, and Richard

Rosenfield;• Recent oneg hosts: Sheila Rodman, Susan and Chris Fast, and Beth Cohen;• Miranda Philips for leading Shabbat morning services;• Ann Wexler for leading the Shabbat in the Park service, along with singers Marne Oshae,• Organizers and volunteers for Shabbat in the Park: Sharon Ziegler, Robin Dubovi, Sherry

Burford, Wendy Kenigsburg, Hallie Mitnick, and Diana Baker;• Martin Berggren for help transferring our website;

Donors vesm

Many thanks to our recent donors:

General Fund:The Salsbury Family: Mildred Salsbury, Ellen and Carl Salsbury and Judith Siegel, in loving memory of Paul Machlin

Feeding the Hungry Fund:Jennifer Savran Kelly

Nediv Lev Campaign:David and Nicole Tedayan

Building FundTed Schiele

Donation for Congregational Meeting:Ira and Anne Brous

Thanks to the IAUJC (Ithaca Area United Jewish Community) for grants benefitting the Religious School, especially the scholarship fund.

Tribute Cards

Tribute cards have been sent:To Lisa, Noah, Josh, Julia and Hope Machlin in memory of their husband and dad, Paul From Suzanne Aigen From Sharon Ziegler From Tobi, Ross, Dancin, Stella, and Ahn FeldmanTo Carole Resnick and Deb Gertz in memory of their son Shay From Suzanne Aigen

Tribute cards are an easy way to acknowledge lifecycle events (simchas, yahrzeits, memorials, expressions of appreciation and thanks),

while reinforcing our community connections, and supporting our financial needs. Each card sent is a donation to our synagogue.

For more information, contact Sherry Burford at <[email protected]> or at (607) 319-4982.


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Condolences ohnujb,

Congregation Tikkun v’Or sends our condolences to Lisa Machlin, and Noah, Joshua, Julia, and Hope on the death of Paul J. Machlin, husband and father, on July 25. He was uniquely kind and compassionate, and will be missed greatly. Contributions in Paul’s memory may be made to ACEing Autism or the charity of your choice that reflects his patience, warmth, empathy, perceptiveness and spirit.

Congregation Tikkun v’Or sends our condolences to Carole Resnick and Deb Gertz on the death of their son, Benjamin Shay Resnick Gertz, in July 2018. Shay touched many people in his short life with his wisdom, determination, sense of humor and loving kindness. Shay’s parents ask that those who would like to make donations in Shay’s memory send their contributions to either Greenpeace USA or Palestine Children’s Relief Fund.

May their memory be for a blessing.

Feeding the Hungry: Machil Re’avim ohcgr khftn Tikkun v’Or helps the Rescue Mission Friendship Center provide 30,804 meals a year, by making 60 lunches for the 4th Thursday of each month. Thanks to Jennifer Savran Kelly, Elijah Kelly, Pam Tan, Harriet London, Dorothy Debbie, and Daniel Sverdlik for making lunches for the Rescue Mission Friendship Center in June. Thanks to the Touesnard/Milstein family, Joe Yavitt, and Dorothy Debbie for making lunches for the Rescue Mission Friendship Center in July. To help with lunches on September 26 or October 24 please contact Dorothy Debbie at [email protected] or 272-3893. Families welcome! For those of you who would like to help out but can’t come make the lunches, you can still contribute financially by donating to the TvO Feeding the Hungry Fund to used to reimburse the person who buys the supplies.

ALSO: TvO congregants staff the Ithaca Kitchen Cupboard food pantry on the fourth Tuesday of every month from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. at the Salvation Army building on Albany Street. We need a few people willing to act as substitutes when one or more of the three regular volunteers are not available. For more information or to volunteer, contact Judy at [email protected] or 607-279-1406.

WHAT TO DO WITH THOSE LEFTOVERS FROM THE ONEG? DINNERS OR PARTIES?

No Need to Eat Them All!Clean food is welcome

at the Friendship Center (618 W. State St. across from Kinkos)Monday - Friday 9:30 AM to 4:30 PM phone 273-6684

Outside of those hours, call the shelterat 273-9177 to arrange to deliver food.


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Ithaca Area United Jewish Community

Honoring Our Past, Shaping Our Future

BOARD MEMBERS AND OFFICERS Marcia Zax Board Chair Miri Birk Secretary Edward Weissman Treasurer Ariel Avgar

Alan Blankstein

Richard Ehrlich Ann Erlich, Nominating Committee Co-Chair Howard Erlich, Allocations & Endowment & Investment Committees Chair

Rabbi Scott Glass, ex officio

Lauren Goldberg, ex officio Marjorie Hoffman, Campaign Committee Chair Program Chair Sara Kranzler Rabbi Josh Krisch Sherrie Negrea, Nominating Committee Co-Chair

Richard Rosenfield

John Rosenthal

Rabbi Eli Silberstein, ex officio

Rabbi Ari Weiss, ex officio Naomi Wilensky, ex officio

David Sagan, Data Supervisor

PO BOX 4214 ITHACA, NY 14852-4214 email: [email protected] www.iaujc.org Look for us on Facebook

Fall 2018 Dear Community Member,

One of IAUJC’s important goals is to engage our next generation. This is so vital for the continued vibrancy of our Jewish community. We are proud of our efforts to encourage our youth this past year and in the coming months. We hope that you will support our efforts and join our work.

The B’Yachad Ithaca Jewish Preschool has been a recipient of grants from IAUJC since its inception. The school is housed at Temple Beth El and serves children ages 2.5 to 5 years old. It is the only preschool in our area that offers a strong Jewish component in addition to a comprehensive general studies curriculum, based on the New York State preK common core standards. The school has recently undergone a transition from independent to Temple Beth El oversight. It is fully staffed and seeking new students!! Keep this in mind in case you know of potential families. For more information, visit www.ithacajewishpreschool.com. Help to support B’Yachad and other local programs by making a gift to IAUJC’s LOCAL FUND.

Since 2015, with the support of the Robert and Marcia Ascher Endowment and other generous donors, IAUJC grants have been helping families afford to send their children to Jewish overnight camps and teen summer programs. Last May, Mat Rebera, a recipient of a grant to Eisner Camp, spoke at our annual IAUJC dinner of how his years at camp have influenced his values and helped him to hone his skills as a Jewish leader. Over $35,000 in grants, have been sent directly to camps since 2015. This summer we assisted 6 local youth. If you or a family member has ever attended Jewish camp, please contact us. We are hosting a CHARETTE (An intense period of design or planning activity) about Jewish summer camp. Would you like to share your experiences and help others have that opportunity? Join us on Tuesday, August 28, 6:30-8:30 PM at the Just Because Center, 1013 West State St. All are welcome. We hope to create a buzz around Jewish camping. Please let us know you are coming by writing to [email protected]. Help to support our efforts to send children to Jewish programs by making a gift to IAUJC’s JEWISH SUMMER CAMP & TEEN EXPERIENCES FUND.

PJ Library (ages 6 months to 8 years) and PJ Our Way (ages 9 to 11), are both programs supported and administered by IAUJC since 2008. Our next community event will be a Mitzvah Day at Kendal on October 21st. Would you like to help connect young families and seniors in an effort to help others? Please let me know. We welcome your ideas and support. Help to support our efforts to engage young families in the culture of Judaism through PJ Library by making a gift to IAUJC’s PJ LIBRARY FUND. With sincere wishes for a Healthy, Happy and Prosperous New Year, Marjorie Hoffman


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IAUJC is looking for a Part Time Administrative Assistant (2 - 7 hrs per week)to work from home with occasional one-on-one and group meetings.

More info at: www.iaujc.orgContact Marjorie Hoffman at [email protected] or 607-257-9924.

PJ Library

Save the date: Sunday, October 21: Mitzvah Day at Kendal. Storytelling, crafts, meeting a mitzvah (therapy) dog, and more! More information coming soon!

PJ Library sends free, award-winning books that celebrate Jewish values and culture to families with children 6 months through 8 years old.

Kids ages 9-11 can join PJ Our Way to choose their own free chapter books!To sign up for either program, see <www.pjlibrary.org


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Issue # 207 Tikkun v’Or Newsletter published bi-monthly by Congregation Tikkun v’Or, Ithaca Reform TempleMailing address: P.O. Box 3981, Ithaca, New York 14852Location: 2550 N. Triphammer Road, Ithaca

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Contents ifu,

From the Rabbi...................................1

From the Co-Presidents.........................2

Shabbat and Holidays............................2

Adult Education .................................4

Membership and Welcoming...................4

Religious School .................................5

Teens V’Or.........................................5

Program............................................6

Shabbat in the Community......................7

Thanks..............................................8

Donors..............................................8

Tribute Cards......................................8

Feeding the Hungry..............................9

Condolences.......................................9

In the Community.................................8

IAUJC..............................................10

Byachad Jewish Preschool.....................11

Sept-Oct 2018 Calendar....................12-13

Community Ads.................................14

Congregational Leadership ...................15

Tikkun v’Or WelcomesInterfaith Families!

Documents

From Rabbi Brian Walt - Tikkun v'Or / Ithaca Reform Temple · Books: Art Green, Judaism’s 10 Best Ideas: A Brief Guide for Seekers Ana Levy Lyons, No Other Gods: The Politics of