Remembering Rabbi W. Gunther Plaut (z”l)
On any given Shabbat morning, anywhere from a dozen to three dozen members of this community (and some interested non-members) gather for Torah study. Most do it “religiously”, building it [...]
February is Jewish Disability Awareness Month
My father, Dr. Alfred Toby Lieberman (of blessed memory), was a physician. He was, to be precise, an “otorhinolaryngologist” (a word I learned to pronounce as a very young child)–an [...]
Legacy
As I anticipate our nation’s observance of the birthday of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., the word “legacy” has been on my mind. One definition for that words [...]
Social Action Committee News
1) Tzedakah Box: Our Tzedakah Box donations for the last three months of 2011 will go to MAZON. MAZON: A Jewish Response to Hunger is a national nonprofit organization dedicated [...]
Books relating to Sacred Aging
Books relating to Sacred Aging in our Righter Library holdings: That You May Live Long: Caring for Our Aging Parents, Caring for Ourselves , edited by Hara Person and Rabbi [...]
Knitting Circle – Creating for Ourselves and Others in the FJC
Led by Member Ilene Karnow Daytime, evening, and Sunday morning sessions to be offered in January Just ask anyone who knits while waiting for an appointment, at a child's sporting [...]
Pre-Occupied
I am Pre-Occupied. Which is simply another way of saying that I am playing catch-up on the Occupy Wall Street phenomenon as it is being played out here on Cape [...]
Invisible Guests Help Support the Housing Assistance Corporation
Ushpizin is an Aramaic word used to describe the honorary guests whom we invite to spend time with us in our sukkah. Since they are honorary (and invisible) we can [...]
Sukkah-A-Thon 5772!
I have a confession to make. Despite the fact that the Festival of Sukkot is my favorite Jewish celebration and despite the fact that I have, for many years, erected [...]
Ten Years After
Anticipating the arrival of the tenth anniversary of the 9/11 terror attacks on our country, I began to look back through pieces I had written in the first days and [...]