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Our Winter/Spring 2012 Schwartz/Reisman Adult Learning Brochure is now online

Our Winter/Spring 2012 Gerald Schwartz and Heather Reisman Centre for Adult Learning at Holy Blossom Temple Booklet is now on-line. Please take some time to peruse the wonderful courses offered this season. There are courses for all tastes.…

Video: A Chanukah Short! from Holy Blossom Temple

[video_lightbox video=http://www.youtube.com/v/xVfG92-Uggo image="/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/Chanukah-screengrab.png"] Ever wanted to know more about the function of the shammash (or ninth candle)? Wish to begin to get in the Chanukah singing…
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Learning From Bernard Lewis: Read This Essay

Few know Semites and anti-Semites like Bernard Lewis, Professor Emeritus at Princeton, and the leading academic of Near Eastern Studies of our time. I came across this essay from "The American Scholar" a few days ago, and learned a good…
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Yossi Klein Halevi – November 10, 2011

The complete video of Yossi Klein Halevi's What Must Israel Do To Survive – And Thrive? lecture - November 10, 2011 at 8 p.m. Part of the Gerald Schwartz / Heather Reisman Fall Lecture Series at Holy Blossom Temple. To learn about…
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Parashat Noach: What Do We Learn About Noach From His Father?

In honour of this week’s Torah reading, Noach( Genesis 6:9—11:31), here is an exploration of who Noach was, especially as understood through the ways, crooked and not, of his father, Lamech. This is a chapter I wrote for “The Modern…
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What Rabbis Should Say on Rosh Hashanah About Israel

On Rosh Hashanah or on Yom Kippur, most rabbis will speak about the serious situation in which Israel finds herself now. We’re not politicians, we’re not analysts, we’re not possessed of the gift of prophesy. Therefore, if we dare…
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Life Lessons – Learning From Rabbi John Rosove

One of the finest rabbis I know is my dear friend, John Rosove, the rabbi of Temple Israel of Hollywood.  Rabbi Rosove and I have known one another since meeting in 1975 at a conference on Jewish Feminism at UCLA (We were two of about five…

Holy Blossom’s Out of the Cold 2011 – 2012 season

Volunteer Sign-Up Night - Tuesday October 18th, 2011. It won't be long before we welcome our guests back to Holy Blossom's Out of the Cold 2011 - 2012 season. Whether you are new to the program or a seasoned volunteer, the success of our program…
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What the Prince of Wales has to say about the Jews

Hershell Ezrin sent along this speech by Prince Charles to the Board of Deputies, the leaders of British Jewry.  It’s a rather fascinating talk, one more sincere and substantive than one might guess.  Even if the talk is significantly a…

Sample pages from Siddur Pirchei Kodesh

Enjoy these sample pages designed for this month of Ellul, as we prepare for the High Holy Days – L’Shanah Tovah! Click each of the thumbnail images below to enlarge. [line] This is a book to have at home, no less than in shul. And it’s…

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