CBH Partner Gail Guitierrez-McDermid will return for a third part of her discussion on Conversos: what was going on in Spain for this situation to develop, the problems Conversos created in the Spanish and Jewish world, and the role of Conversos in the New World. (We got up to the 15th century in the hugely […]
CBH Partner Gail Guitierrez-McDermid will return for a second part of her discussion on Conversos: what was going on in Spain for this situation to develop, the problems Conversos created in the Spanish and Jewish world, and the role of Conversos in the New World. (We got up to the 12th century already in the […]
The Ba’al Shem Tov (also known as Besht) was a Jewish mystic and healer from Poland, who is regarded as the founder of Hasidic Judaism. Besht has influenced all Judaism with his emphasis on JOY. There are many legends and here is one: THE BURNING TREE Reb Baruch, the scribe of Klaminke, tells that once […]
With Rabbi Greg Wolfe
CBH Partner Gail Guitierrez-McDermid will discuss the topic of Conversos, what was going on in Spain for this situation to develop, the problems Conversos created in the Spanish and Jewish world, and the role of Conversos in the New World. Presented by Rabbi Wolfe and the Adult Education Committee
Feeling down and socially isolated during this pandemic? Come to an inspiring online lecture on April 28 at 2:00 pm. This program explores the question, “Why is it so hard to deal with the people we care about?” and looks at the possible methodologies that may lessen or assuage some problems. Conducting seminars in organizational […]
Feeling down and socially isolated during this pandemic? Come to an inspiring online lecture on April 21 at 2:00 pm Pacific/West Coast USA time (Yom Hashoah Day) by Kathy Glatter, MD, a graduate student in Gratz College’s Holocaust and Genocide Studies Program! This year marks the 75th anniversary of the end of the Holocaust. Dr. […]
A panel presentation with Rabbi Seth Castleman, Student Rabbi Deni Marshall, and Shani Simon, MS, LCSW These are tricky times as we make our way through uncharted territories. No one has all the answers, but we are not on this journey alone as we confront uncertainty, anxiety, stress and fear during this time of […]
The spring harvest begins at Passover time. In biblical times, sheaves of the new crop were brought to Jerusalem and prepared and eaten there in thanksgiving for G-d’s bounty. The Omer (a measure of grain) was brought daily and counted for forty-nine days until the onset of Shavuot. This ceremony is still commemorated in the […]
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