Simchat Torah 5773!
Thanks to our member, Art Lash, for these photos from our Simchat Torah celebration on October 7th. Our feet, and spirits, were flying!
Recent Additions to Righter Library
Recent Additions to our Righter Library Collection: The Jews in Poland and Russia, Vol. 1-3, by Antony Polonsky. (Vol. 1, 1350 to 1881; Vol. 2, 1881-1914; Vol. 3, 1914-2008) [...]
Celebrating Bar/Bat Mitzvah at FJC!
Our member Lisa Segal, a talented videographer, has shared with us a "trailer" from a recent bat mitzvah celebration. The family of Nicole Zeien graciously allowed us to link to [...]
“Death With Dignity Act” Ballot Initiative
This November, voters in Massachusetts will have the opportunity to cast their votes on several ballot initiatives, among them the “Death With Dignity Act”. The proposed legislation states, in its [...]
At Summer’s End
At Summer's End by John Engels Early August, and the young butternut is already dropping its leaves, the nuts thud and ring on the tin roof, the squirrels are everywhere. [...]
The Return of “Boomer Shabbat”!
The current issue of Reform Judaism carries an article by Rabbi Mark Dov Shapiro of Sinai Temple in Springfield, MA which describes the “God survey” he distributed to his congregation. [...]
Fabulous T-Shirt Quilt Honors HAC!
Thanks to our member SUSAN JENKINS who, along with her fellow-quilter Marge Overholtz, created the exquisite t-shirt quilt currently on display in Speen Hall honoring 25 years worth of Housing [...]
Maurice Sendak, z”l
For my birthday this year, one of my children gave me a t-shirt with a wonderful image from In the Night Kitchen, one of the classic children's books created by [...]
Peak Experience
I have never been a mountain climber, but I do know about “peak experiences”. What is a “peak experience”? Wikipedia defines it this way: “‘Peak experience’ is a term used [...]
Seeing the World With Pesach Eyes
Passover approaches. I lift my eyes to the top shelf of my bookcase, where lie many haggadot, some of them very familiar to me, others with spines unbroken. Each haggadah [...]