deathIf you spend time on Facebook, or Twitter, or the Internet in general, you’ve probably seen this video of Zach Sobiech. At the age of 14, he was diagnosed with terminal cancer – and yet he chose to live his life to the fullest. I have a short attention span for online videos, in general, and [...]
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Mourning
It has been a sad week around the world. In Aurora, Colorado a murderer killed 12 people and wounded 58 others. In Bulgaria, a suicide bomber killed 6 people and himself and injured dozens of others, most of whom were Israeli tourists. Syria has seen violent clashes all week. At times like this, times of [...]
Online Yom Kippur Memorial Service
One of the most profound things we do at OurJewishCommunity.org each year is our online Yom Kippur Memorial service. Each year, we ask everyone who is interested to submit photos of deceased loved ones so that we can all honor them during the High Holidays. We hope you’ll consider participating. Memory is a central part [...]
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Remembering Hector, My Betta Fish
Some of you may remember my betta fish, Hector. I blogged about him a year ago. He was a nice fish, and we enjoyed our time together in my office. This past Thursday, I discovered Hector was no longer alive. In a tongue and cheek manner, we at Congregation Beth Adam talked about how we [...]
