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Choral Festival Extravaganza

[video_lightbox video=http://www.youtube.com/v/I2WFQFqRvqE image="/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/temple-singers2.jpg"] If you have never heard 500 people performing and learning all about Jewish music, you have missed one of the greatest musical,…

Photos: Summer Gathering – July 16, 2011

Thank you from the Connecting Team of the Caring Committee.   On behalf of everyone who attended and volunteered, our sincere thanks. Hope to see you all, and many more, next year! Enjoy the photos.   [green_message]…
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This Is What Hope Is About

As you read below, you will see that one of the greats of the Jewish world, Rabbi Yisrael Meir Lau, and one of the greats of the NBA, Kareem Abdul Jabbar, will soon meet in Israel. I had heard the story for years that Kareem’s father had rescued…
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Yossi Klein Halevi in Conversation

When you have some time—this is about 50 minutes—listen to Krista Tippett interview the Israeli journalist, Yossi Klein Halevi. Halevi thinks and lives in religious terms, and views the conflict between Israelis and Palestinians, Jews and…
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Six Minutes of Joy! Watch Paul Simon Give a Wonderful Gift

Want a few minutes of great joy?  Watch what the legendary singer Paul Simon does when a woman near the stage at a recent Simon concert yells out to him, “I learned to play the guitar on that song”. [green_message] To read more of Rabbi…
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A Musical Journey of Heritage and Healing to Germany and Israel

I am thrilled to announce a marvelous opportunity - a World Class Mission, a Musical Journey of Heritage and Healing to Germany and Israel in June of 2012. Click here to find the flyer for the Cantors Assembly 2012 Mission. Hope and I…
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The Holy Blossom Sisterhood At 90: With Thanks to Rebecca Brickner and Those Who Have Followed Her

On a recent Shabbat morning, Holy Blossom Temple’s Sisterhood celebrated the 90th Anniversary of its founding. In 1921, the remarkable Rebecca Brickner began our Sisterhood— which by now has contributed significantly to the life of the…
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“Land Swaps” and the 1967 Border

Since President Obama’s speech at the State Department on May 19th, the idea of “Land Swaps” has moved to centre-stage of Israeli-Palestinian negotiations.  The idea isn’t new – it’s been around since at least 1993 – but the president…
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Not a Dry Eye! Shinonome Chorus – May 24th 2011

[video_lightbox video="http://www.youtube.com/v/C6mEHc41jC0" image="/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/Shinonome-Chorus2.jpg"] With the Sanctuary full of congregants, guests and over two hundred Cantors attending the National Convention of the Cantors…
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Celebrating Jack and Sybil Geller – Shabbat morning, June 25

Recently, Jack and Sybil Geller each turned 80, and together celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary. We will acknowledge these milestones here at Holy Blossom — Jack and Sybil’s communal home for decades now — on Shabbat morning,…

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