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5779: A Year of Sacred Opportunity
Posted on September 11, 2018 Leave a Comment
I think you might know this one: Come gather ’round people Wherever you roam And admit that the waters Around you have grown And accept it that soon You’ll be drenched to the bone. If your time to you Is worth savin’ Then you better start swimmin’ Or you’ll sink like a stone For […]
Creating Communities at the 5779 Frontier
Posted on September 11, 2018 Leave a Comment
This is how it started. In the beginning Abraham looked around his father’s idol store and said “What the heck? How can these be the power behind the universe?” He took up a broom and smashed the idols to smithereens.[i] And then he had to run from his father and his family. And when he […]
Ki Tetzei – We Go Forth
Posted on September 1, 2017 Leave a Comment
There were rules to how things operated at Disney.[i] Walt Disney had an Advisory Board. The early days of the studio were difficult, but Disney refused to give up on his creative visions. You can imagine, that there were those on his advisory board that agreed and disagree with him. There was a cultural and […]
Shift and Consolidation: Thoughts on the Torah Portions Mishpatim and Terumah
Posted on February 20, 2015 Leave a Comment
Prior to returning to congregational life, I spent 5 years working for the Union for Reform Judaism. When I would go out and speak to congregations we had a common catch phrase that we would use often. A phrase with my Australian accent, but in fact, with any accent, you would have to say very carefully. […]
Predicting the Future
Posted on December 24, 2014 1 Comment
In a few hours when I arrive in Australia my parents will await me in a coffee shop adjacent to the International Arrivals at Melbourne airport, with a “Skinny Flat White” in their hands to greet me off the plane. There will be big hugs. My Mum will ask if I remembered her Dior perfume […]
Rabbi Linda Joseph 