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Sunset at Kutz
Kutz Summer 2005 069, originally uploaded by swimfast.
Sunset on the Nile
IMG_4250.JPG, originally uploaded by swimfast. I’m going to try to add one link or picture each day. Please note that it is currently advised not to swim in this beautiful river that flows “up” due to pollution. What did you do today to make a difference?
Just a Reminder
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,…
Rabbi Brian Immerman 