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Posted on November 30, 2018 Leave a Comment
Diane Gabaldon’s well-read NY Times, best-selling novel, and now a STARZ TV series, Outlander, is, for those that like historical romance, a double historical-time setting whammy. In 1945, a retired World War II nurse, Claire Randall is on a second honeymoon with her husband Frank in Scotland. She finds herself suddenly transported to 1743 – […]
Installation Sermon: Har Sinai Congregation
Posted on December 16, 2016 Leave a Comment
Our Shabbat bridges a borderline between Torah tales. Morning will speak the story of Jacob. Last week, Jacob sights angels ascending and descending a ladder at a place he names Beth-El. This week, at the transit-point of Jabbok, he struggles with a “being”, and transitions in name from Jacob, “the heel” – to Israel, “one […]
Rabbi Linda Joseph 