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Tradition and Change
Pekudei Drash by Sandra Z. Armstrong
When I taught preschool, I explained to the children the concept of same and different. It is a pretty elementary school basic concept and easily understood by most. These 3-5 year olds could grasp… Continue reading
From My Jewish Learning
Reprinted with permission from My Jewish Learning
Jewish Humor
What Makes It So Popular?
March 2, 2022
The Torah tells us that Sarah, the matriarch of the Jewish people, laughed when told she’d give birth in her old age. Since… Continue reading
Sof Book Club News
Calendar and Reading List 2022 –
Held Sundays on Zoom
March 2, 2022
| Date | Author | Book & Info |
| 1/30/22 | Elinor Lipman | The Inn at Lake Devine | Novel: It is funny and makes a… Continue reading |
From the Yiddish Book Center
The Yiddish Book Center Weekly Reader
From Lorna Holmes
March 2022
Glikl and her Sisters: The Creative Lives of 17th-Century Jewish Women— A new online course, March 8–29, 2022
Held on Zoom, the class will meet on four consecutive… Continue reading
Some Amusement
March 2, 2022
From Sid Goldstein and Les Rosenthal
Leventhal the lawyer and Cohen the doctor meet in synagogue on Shabbos. “Leventhal, you don’t know how lucky you are. Every time I come here to pray, people hound me with… Continue reading
Sofʻer Profiles
Remembrances of Naomi Olstein
March 2, 2022
Memories of Naomi
By Mat Sgan
Naomi ‘Ami’ Olstein has returned to her grandfather’s knee. It was from that perch, Ami would relate, that she learned about Jewishness and Judaism while bouncing up… Continue reading
Recent Sof Drashes
Remember Before We Were Born
March 2, 2022
Mishpatim Drash by Morris Rabinko
When my two daughters were not quite yet 4 and 7 years old, I overheard them talking from outside their room one day. The older one said… Continue reading
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We are seeking stories and news from ALL members of the Congregation. Please send any item you’d like to see in the next Newsletter to Sid Goldstein… Continue reading
Parshah Terumah
Drash by Marc Flitter
To place Parshah Terumah in context, Moses has ascended to the mount. He is to be there 40 days and 40 nights. And God commands, “They shall make me a sanctuary so that I might dwell… Continue reading
Ki Tissa—Drash by Sid Goldstein
Shabbat Shalom
Exodus 4 :10
Moses said to the lord. “I have never been a man of words, either in times past or now. I am slow of speech and slow of tongue.”
And the Lord said to him… Continue reading
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