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Tomorrow, I lose my daughter for a few days. She's off with the rest of our synagogue's confirmation class for the Religious Action Center's L'Taken Social Justice Seminar (I guess this means according to Glenn Beck she's equivalent to a radical muslim). This activity is an intensive four-day study kallah in Washington, DC that focuses on Jewish ( Read more... )

One of today’s la_observed items was about Wilshire Blvd Temple--specifically how a chunk of plaster had fallen from their main sanctuary, closing that part of the building. However, the original headline was that “Wilshire Blvd Temple Is Closed”, which prompted me to go out to their website, look for news, etc ( Read more... )

Some observations, this Yom Kippur:

• Our Kol Nidre Sermon was quite surprising: Rabbi Brown spoke on Proposition 8. Now, he never explicitly came out and spoke on a particular way to vote (smart man, he), he did talk about how homosexuality was one of the last acceptable forms of discrimination in society... and how that discrimination was wrong. ( Read more... )

This is my annual recap post regarding services and sermons this Rosh Hashanah 5769. L’Shanah Tovah, everyone.

Erev Rosh Hashanah Sermon: This was our first HHD service as newly returning members (we left around 1991) to Ahavat Shalom. We went to early services, which were led by Rabbi Lutz and Cantor LinskeyRabbi Lutz’s sermon was a take on the ( Read more... )