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Thursday, 30 July 2015
Inside Out: Mixing Joy and Sadness
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I saw the Pixar film Inside Out last week and just cannot stop thinking about it. There were 100 sermons in that film—actually the film was...
Wednesday, 25 March 2015
Passover KISS
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The weeks before Pesach I see countless Facebook posts lamenting how much people “hate” Passover, and what a hassle it all is. Pesach is of...
Tuesday, 24 March 2015
On Saying the last Kaddish of 11 months
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Last night I could not sleep. The night before my final daily Kaddish of 11 months for my mother felt just like the night before the fu...
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Wednesday, 25 June 2014
Why I am Marching at the Pride Parade
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I was mentioning to someone that I am marching at the Pride parade under a City Shul banner. We’ll be marching with Kulanu, Toronto’s Jewis...
Tuesday, 3 June 2014
Thoughts on My Mother's Shloshim
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Shloshim Time takes on new meaning when you are a mourner. My days used to be bounded by what time my work out class is; now they are...
Sunday, 13 April 2014
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10 Tips for "Surviving" The Seders Do Song Parodies Autographs: each guests signs the inside cover of their haggadah. That wa...
Sunday, 5 January 2014
This Ain't Your Father's Reform
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A few Shabbatot ago I prayed at a Baptist-style tent-revival Amen-Halleluyah neo-Hasidic Jewish service. Yes, that was Biennial Shabbat and...
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