by Katie Ruth | Jul 31, 2017 | Uncategorized
co-authored by Rabbis Marjorie Berman and Daniel Swartz Judaism marks a number of minor fasts, but only two that run from one sunset to the next: Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement, and Tisha B’Av, the 9th day of the month of Av, which commemorates the destruction of...
by Katie Ruth | Jun 5, 2017 | Uncategorized
President Trump’s announcement on June 1, 2017 that he will withdraw the U.S. from the Paris Climate Agreement has inspired a diverse chorus of condemnation from religious leaders and organizations in the U.S. and across the globe. If your tradition or...
by Katie Ruth | Feb 6, 2017 | Uncategorized
On November 15, 2015, Board Member Susan Frant offered the following d’var (sermon) at a board meeting of Congregation Beth David in Gladwyne, Pennsylvania. The Torah portion for that week was Toldot, Genesis 25:19-28:9. In Susan’s teaching, she focuses on...
by Katie Ruth | Jan 12, 2017 | Uncategorized
OpEd by PA IPL board president, Rabbi Daniel Swartz, published in the Scranton Times-Tribune on January 10, 2017. It’s a basic animal instinct to protect self-interests — your food sources, your life and your offspring. Especially at this time of year, we aspire not...
by Katie Ruth | Dec 24, 2016 | Uncategorized
“Please Heal My Earth” This year, Christmas and Hanukkah converge for the first time in nearly four decades. Both Christians and Jews will light lights in the darkness tonight, on December 24. Rabbi Arthur Waskow of the Shalom Center suggests a...
