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Entries from April 22nd, 2010

Earth Day: Greening Reform Judaism

April 22nd, 2010 · 1 Comment · Community, Jewish Living, Social Action

Do you have any ideas regarding how B’nai Israel could become more green? Click below to post your comments. One generation goes and another generation comes; but the Earth remains forever. (Kohelet 1:4) Greening Reform Judaism endeavors to promote an awareness of environmental considerations and environmentally responsible acts by integrating Jewish values, learning and actions [...]

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Rabbi Moss: Spiritual Life

April 16th, 2010 · 3 Comments · Community, Jewish Living, Shabbat

As many of you know I have always lived a spiritual life. Throughout my life I have adopted and adapted spiritual practices to my personal prayer experience including meditation, contemplation, and visualization techniques. Over the years I have brought these techniques to B’nai Israel. I would love to know what programs over the years you [...]

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Guest Blogger, Stacey Zurbaran: I am a Volunteer…

April 12th, 2010 · 5 Comments · Community, Fundraising

I am a volunteer. I started volunteering for the Ducks Games last year.  This year I am helping Lloyd Levine with raising troops for the effort.  For those of you who are not familiar with our Ducks Fundraising…read ahead. The Long Island Ducks are a minor league baseball team and they play in Central Islip [...]

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What do they want?

April 10th, 2010 · 1 Comment · Community, Jewish Living, Social Action, Youth & Family

There was a great article in the New York Jewish Week by Gary Rosenblatt on 3/24/2010 which I read just before Passover. I suggest that you take a few moments to click here and read the article. The passage that jumped out at me was “We seem to be trying to convince younger Jews that [...]

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