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Synagogue Arrivals 5770

He's Big on Journeys, but Now He's All Set on Settling Down Jeremy Gerber's parents thought it might be fun to move to Sweden for a few years during the 1970s. They went there on a lark, but something clearly stuck, since Gerber's father has been the cantor at the Great Synagogue of Stockholm for more than three decades now...

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A Season for Settling and Growing

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Rabbi Danielle Stillman

KI TAVO, Deuteronomy 26:1-29:8 My family and I traveled a lot this summer. We took road trips and flew on airplanes, visited loved ones and experienced beautiful parts of the country. Traveling takes me out of my box just enough to shake me up and help me see the world in new ways. But it is also exhausting -- all...

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A Wise Use of Money: Fortifying One's Values

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Rabbi Howard A. Addison

KI TEITZEI, Deuteronomy 21:10-25:19 Rabbi Howard A. Addison How shall we budget our money? Since last year's recession began, this question has risen to ever higher levels of existential concern. For some, this has meant curtailing vacation plans. For others, the choices are starker: Do we pay the rent, purchase needed medication or put food on the table? Recent articles...

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Month of Elul: Time to Turn Lives Around

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Sara Esther Crispe, Jewish Exponent Feature

How classic is the scene, played out endlessly in movies, of the estranged couple who walk away from one another. At some point, the man turns around, wanting to call her name, ask for another chance, beg for forgiveness. He is about to speak, but her back is turned. She is getting farther and farther away. He tells himself that...

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Wise Words: 'You Shall Not Judge Unfairly'

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Rabbi Sue Levi Elwell, Jewish Exponent Feature

SHOFTIM, Deuteronomy 16:18-21:9 The opening words of this week's portion instruct the Israelites to "appoint magistrates and officials," judges and judicial administrators "in all [your] settlements ... [to] govern the people with due justice." Twenty years ago, my daughter spent her 13th summer chanting these verses, over and over, as she prepared for her Bat Mitzvah. In the past month,...