by Katie Ruth | Sep 28, 2020 | Uncategorized
Five years ago, in advance of 5776, and following the September 2015 publication of Pope Francis’ encyclical on the environment, Laudato Si (addressed to all people in advance of the United Nations meeting and the Climate March) Rabbi Daniel Swartz prepared a...
by Katie Ruth | Jan 27, 2020 | Uncategorized
Have you seen the amazing workshops that will be part of our February 9th conference? This is one of the breakout workshops planned for our Scranton location. Register now for the Scranton conference-The Long Journey: from Extracting the Past to Cultivating the...
by Katie Ruth | Jan 7, 2019 | Uncategorized
Our traditions refer to trees as rooted-and-reaching symbols, as wise teachers, or as important and respected resources. We have so much to learn from them. In this post you will find several tree resources. We’d like to do an additional post around our...
by Katie Ruth | Apr 30, 2018 | Uncategorized
Meet Rabbi Meryl Crean, fourteenth in the 2018 series of rider profiles. Get to know the riders for the PA to DC rides as the series unfolds, then follow the trips! Learn more. Donate. I started riding a hand-me-down bike with no seat, no brakes and only stubs for...
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...