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Special Needs and the Jewish Community

About ten years ago I was working for an agency that worked with children and teens (and their parents) who were emotionally disturbed. Some of these children/teens were also intellectually challenged. Three of the children I worked with were from the same family. All three were intellectually challenged as well as emotionally disturbed (their older [...]

In Atlanta - African Americans Are Digging Judaism

In Atlanta - African Americans Are Digging Judaism

Last night I stumbled across an interesting article from The Atlanta Journal-Constitution website about what appears to be a surge in African American Converts to Judaism in the Atlanta area. I know we have several African American readers, who are either JBC’s, in the process of converting or are interested in learning more about Judaism, [...]

Return to the Jewish Mission

Saul Singer, an opinion columnist who appears in the Friday Jerusalem Post, wrote on 7 March about the Jewish mission. The article was entitled, “From survival to purpose.” Here are some of the pieces of his article that I found particularly interesting:
To modern Jews, the idea of a Jewish mission is either antiquated, [...]

Me and Christmas

Avi and Tamara invited me to cross-post and guest-post, so here I am crossing and guesting from Accidentally Jewish.
All right, fine, I’ll admit it. This was a harder-than-expected Christmas for me. I got teary eyed during Will Farrell’s Elf. I got choked up watching Beauty and the Beast. I didn’t mind the Christmas Carols so [...]