Friday, January 4, 2013

Make for yourself a teacher and acquire for yourself a friend

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Below is an article I was asked to write for the HUC blog in the Fall. It hasn't been published, but it might be in the future. Enjoy! ...
Friday, August 31, 2012

BlogElul: Excuses

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"The only reason you ever have an excuse is because you're afraid of telling the truth." - David Levine, current Academy Fello...
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Thursday, August 30, 2012

BlogElul: Image

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"People are so preoccupied with their own image that they don't even notice anyone elses image so it doesn't matter what your i...
Wednesday, August 29, 2012

BlogElul: Change

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It really is the season of change. I hate change. I've been trying to think about the most significant change I have made in my life...

BlogElul: Memory

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I've created a really cute activity after school this year called "Tea Time with Ms. Kossar." Last year, I was always asked if...
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BlogElul: Blessing

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When I was at BCI several summers ago, I remember a Beit Midrash session when we were asked to learn about the person sitting next to us and...
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Sunday, August 26, 2012

BlogElul: Prayer

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This will probably contradict my other blog posts thus far, but I love prayer. I love the communal connection and the time for personal refl...
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BlogElul: Shofar

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I love hearing the shofar. As a child, I only remember hearing the Shofar on the High Holidays. Since coming to the Academy 4 years ago, the...
Friday, August 24, 2012

BlogElul: Faith

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I just asked my friend to share his funniest quote on faith and he told me to google Ambrose Bierce, who is a devout Atheist. I complained t...
Thursday, August 23, 2012

BlogElul: Trust

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This is a hard one for me. I was raised thinking that I couldn't trust anyone. My experiences growing up in the Reform Movement helped m...
Wednesday, August 22, 2012

BlogElul: Counting

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I'm always counting. I count POSHing totals for the 116 boarding students at the Academy. I count the 22 students in my House every ...
Tuesday, August 21, 2012

BlogElul: Intentions

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"The road to hell is paved with good intentions" -said by my friend who probably doesn't want me to use her name (not sure whe...
Monday, August 20, 2012

BlogElul: Inventory

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During the days leading up to Rosh Hashana, it is customary for many Jews to take a spiritual inventory of themselves. I'm generally som...
Sunday, August 19, 2012

BlogElul: Return

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"Reurn again, return again, return to the land of your soul. Return again, return again, return to the land of your soul. Return ...
Friday, August 10, 2012

BlogElul

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My friend Phyllis Sommer has a blogging project that she shared with my HUC cohort as a way to keep in touch and to make the days leading u...
Thursday, April 19, 2012

Parashat Shemini

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I'll be delivering this d'var tomorrow tonight...I'm not sure if I'm done with it just yet. Shabbat Shalom! Approximately 1...
Monday, November 7, 2011

Overwhelmed by Jewish Identity Formation

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This weekend I had the pleasure of learning from an incredible professor from HUC. Our class was on Jewish identity formation. I'm still...
Monday, July 4, 2011

My Kehillah Kedoshah

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It's been a while. I've accepted a new position here at the Academy, which means that I officially started working on Friday. It...
Thursday, March 31, 2011

Everything happens for a reason...

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Or does it? I keep hearing this phrase a lot lately. The older I get, the less I think it is true. I've seen too many people die young, ...
Thursday, January 13, 2011

Honoring the Life of Debbie Friedman z"l

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I love Jewish music. The sounds of Debbie Friedman, Beth Schafer, Josh Nelson, Kol B’seder and Dan Nichols fill my iTunes. Upon learning of ...
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