IMG_4171.JPG, originally uploaded by swimfast. Just a quick note to remind people that two weeks ago I was standing at the pyramids. Wow does time fly.
Adjectives
Written by Rabbi Dean Marmur (from HUC) What adjectives do YOU use to descibe yourself and others?
Reform Recognition
Read Perez’s comments about Reform Rabbis.
Big
IMG_4220.JPG, originally uploaded by swimfast. The road trip went to Egypt this past week. Egypt is a fantasy land for most people, with the Pyramids, temples, tombs, river that flows up, and a city with 20 million people. I must say that it did not disappoint. Itinerary: Friday: Cairo Train Station, Alexandria, Fort Saturday: Alexandria,…
New Viewpoint
A new way for me to look at Jerusalem and all of the religious tension between Jews and between everyone: Perhaps the third return and rebuilding of Israel is to teach the Jews about tollerance, acceptance, and compassion in order to truly become ‘one people’. Only then can we achieve world peace with the other…
Border
IMG_4099.JPG, originally uploaded by swimfast. Lebanon Starts where the green stops. A view from the northern Galilee.
Reform Judaism in the Israeli Press
“Israeli Jews are searching for a synthesis that will speak to them. Judaism evolved over thousands of years. We would be well advised to allow people of good faith to carry out their trials, without laughing like bullies at their errors. It is Yom Kippur. It is time to lay anger aside. It is time,…
Is Your Toilet Running?
Toilet Running, originally uploaded by swimfast. Take this opportunity to check to make sure that your toilet isn’t wasting water – the largest known cause of wasted freshwater in the U.S. Also, you should consider putting a brick or a filled 20 oz water bottle in your tank. You probably don’t need that water for…
4000 Year Old Arch
4000 Year Old Arch, originally uploaded by swimfast. This arch is 4000 years old. *pause to let that sink in*. It’s the oldest known arch in the world today. Recently discovered as part of the ancient city of Ashdod on the Mediterranean coast of Israel. 4000 years. that’s circa 2000 b.c.e. Amazing.
Expectations
It has come to my attention in the past two weeks that the way in which we perceive the world and judge our experiences is based largely on our expectations. Some vignettes: Mauritania. I went to Mauritania with zero expectations. I could have read, I could have researched, but instead I decided to wing it. …
Rabbi Brian Immerman 