Congregation Beth Mordecai
Congregation Beth Mordecai
An inclusive congregation affiliated with the Conservative Movement.
Your Jewish Home for the Soul!
An inclusive congregation affiliated with the Conservative Movement.
Your Jewish Home for the Soul!
November 13, 2014 By bethmordecai no comments.
Dear Hevreh,
Hebrew is a wonderful, inspiring, charming, and yet deeply challenging facet of Judaism. It holds many of our greatest secrets and reveals the depths of Jewish wisdom. It is a language that has been dissected and analyzed for ages and much of what we know as Jewish -- from religious laws to cultural practices -- has a source in Hebrew (and particularly the Hebrew found in the Torah).
Yet while it is full of such richness, that richness is hidden behind a veil of strange looking letters, vowels, and symbols that can confound us. And not just us, but our ancestors as well, as in the case of Jews living in the first diaspora community in Alexandria who publicly read[...]
Category : Adult Education Jewish Culture and History Rabbi Rabbi's Journal Tag : adult education anti-semitism bet hebrew alphabet letters rabbi rabbi's journal
November 10, 2014 By bethmordecai no comments.
Join us THURSDAY for the SECOND installment of our Adult Ed Series: A Little Schtickala of Yiddishkeit
HEBREW PRACTICE -- 7:00 - 7:30 PM
Build your reading skills -- beginner to expert!
We will pair you with a partner on your own level!
Siddur Hebrew or Modern Hebrew!
Session 1 -- 7:30 - 8:15 pm
Secrets of the Hebrew Language -- The letter "Bet" with Rabbi Saks
Come and learn the secrets of the Hebrew language in this special class designed to demystify each letter of the Hebrew alphabet. This month we do the letter Bet.
FOOD Break – 8:15 – 8:30
Session 2 – 8:30 – 9:15 pm
"Why Do they Hate Us"? A discussion on the origins of Anti-semitism with Rabbi Saks
How old is anti-Semitism really?
When did[...]
Category : Adult Education Hebrew home Jewish Culture and History Tag : adult education anti-semitism hebrew jewish culture and history
April 14, 2014 By bethmordecai no comments.
Dear Hevreh,
Every year, Passover affords us an opportunity to remember to not take our freedom for granted, as individuals and especially as Jews. No matter how starkly the haggadah teaches us that our freedom is precious, that if it wasn't for the exodus we "would still be slaves in Egypt," our day-to-day life in a country in which Jews are freer than ever before can make this entreaty by the rabbis sound little hollow.
That is until moments like yesterday.
With gunshots sounding at the JCC and a Jewish retirement home in Kansas City, so too does the warning of the rabbis embedded in the teachings of the haggadah: remember that you were slaves in Egypt because if you're not careful it could happen again. Throughout[...]
Category : American Jewish News Passover Rabbi Rabbi's Journal Tag : american jewish news anti-semitism JCC Kansas City passover rabbi rabbi's journal
December 16, 2013 By bethmordecai no comments.
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Category : Jewish Current Events Tag : anti-semitism christmas jewish current events romania