What Does My Jewish Community Say About Women?
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Maybe next year I can reach over to the men’s section and touch the Torah.
Continue readingOctober 23, 2018
October 11, 2018
Hundreds Expected For Annual Mental Health Education Conference
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This year marks the 18th (chai) anniversary of the conference.
Continue readingOctober 3, 2018
Got An Extra Kiddush Cup? Heritage Judaica Can Help
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The candlesticks were a wedding present. The Kiddush cup my mother brought back from a trip to Israel. The menorah the kids made in preschool. Judaism has a lot of ritual objects that hold specific meaning and family stories. In an ideal setting we’d each be bequeathed some important item, perhaps it was smuggled out of […]
Continue readingSeptember 28, 2018
Chag-tied: On the Stress of Holiday Invitations
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How do you choose among holiday invites?
Continue readingSeptember 21, 2018
Parent Education Series
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Jewish Family Service of St. Paul (JFS) is offering the Parent Education Series, Thursday, October 11, from 7-8:30 p.m. at Newman School, 768 Hamline Avenue S, in St. Paul. The topic will be Development, Sexuality and Your Child presented by Family Tree Clinic.
Continue readingSeptember 14, 2018
This is Jewish 40
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There is wisdom here to be gleaned about the process and not the product of our labor.
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Jewish Learning is Alive at Talmud Torah of St. Paul
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Even if your child’s schedule is already busy, perhaps the time is right to make room for Jewish learning.
Continue readingSeptember 12, 2018
Suicide Prevention Awareness Event In SLP On Saturday
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Laura Dizon remembers her brother, Aaron, as someone who was kind and generous; a musician and a friend to musicians. But what Laura and her family never knew is why he would take his own life. “I think if he felt comfortable talking to people, maybe he would still be here today,” said Dizon. Four […]
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Fatherhood On The Fringes Of Judaism
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I feel this internal obligation to bring Judaism’s affecting force into my son’s life.
Continue readingAugust 31, 2018
Tips On Preparing For Your Child’s B’nai Mitzvah
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Four young faces smile at me daily from their framed pictures on a shelf in our family room. Our son and three daughters, captured with their arms around a Torah, smile with pride as their Bar/Bat Mitzvah weekend began. Those weekends were a culmination of hours of planning (me), hours of studying (them), and of […]
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