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Congregation’s 2012 calendar features challah as a work of art
WEST HARTFORD – Every Jewish home finds at least a few free calendars stuffed into the family’s mailbox in the fall, but the calendar handed out to members of Kehilat… Read more
A Chanukah message: Human Effort and Divine Help
By Rabbi Gary J. Lavit ~ On one of my backpacking trips, I got caught in bad weather while walking on top of a nearly mile-high mountain range. The sun… Read more
KOLOT: Remembering Rabbi Isaac C. Avigdor z”tl
By Rabbi David Avigdor ~ One of my fondest memories growing up in the home of my saintly father, Rabbi Dr. Isaac Avigdor, was watching his unwavering urge to write… Read more
Kolot: A place to call home… My Bazalel Experience
By Aliza Gans ~ Sitting at the cluttered desk in my dorm at Brandeis University, my year in Israel with Masa Israel’s Bezalel Experience seems like another world away. My… Read more
Kolot: How Isaac met Rebekah, poetry by Norma Bursack
Bloomfield poet Norma Bursack was inspired to write this poem after hearing the Torah portion read at Shabbat services at Beth Hillel Synagogue. How Isaac met Rebekah Abraham, father… Read more
Kolot: Shabbat Morning in Jerusalem
By Rabbi Stephen Lewis Fuchs – There is nothing that I have seen anywhere that compares to Shabbat morning in Jerusalem. There are fewer cars on the road on Shabbat… Read more
Kolot: Reflections on the release of Gilad Shalit
By Tal Sarig, Israel Emissary – In Nov. 2012, after my year as a Young Emissary in the Pioneer Valley [Massachusetts], I will be going into the IDF, the Israeli… Read more
Kolot: Hosanna!
Wednesday, Oct. 19 (21 Tishrei) marks the Jewish holiday of Hoshanna Rabbah, the seventh and concluding day of the holiday of Sukkot. Hoshanna Rabba is unique in its latent potential… Read more
Kolot: To be a Jew is to be an optimist
By Sydney Perry ~ I’ll bet you are familiar with the old joke about the classic Jewish telegram: “Start worrying, details to follow”. While the telegram has gone the way… Read more
Kolot: The Village of S’fat
By Joseph Fleischman ~ We went to the hilltops, heights of holy promised land And found heavenly fountains flowing through mountains As we left behind all flatland. Somewhere on the… Read more
