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Loneliness New Year’s Weekend 2024

By Rabbi Bonnie Koppell | 12/29/2023 | Comments Off on Loneliness New Year’s Weekend 2024

Did you read where Dr. Ruth Westheimer has a new job?  At the age of 95, she was just appointed as New York’s first “loneliness ambassador.”  I’m not sure exactly what the job entails or how she is going to go about fulfilling her responsibilities, but the governor said that,…

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The Jewish Lifecycle

By Rabbi Bonnie Koppell | 05/21/2011 | Comments Off on The Jewish Lifecycle

Birth The birth of a child is a time for joyous celebration for the family and community.  “A baby,” wrote Carl Sandburg, “is God’s opinion that the world should go on.”  In contemporary American practice, children are often given a secular, English name, and, additionally, a Hebrew name.   In Jewish families of European…

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Derech Eretz: A Sermon for Rosh HaShana

By Rabbi Bonnie Koppell | 09/11/2010 | Comments Off on Derech Eretz: A Sermon for Rosh HaShana

Delivered this sermon on the importance of good manners and civility at Temple Chai on Rosh HaShanah 5771. [Holding Blackberry Device] Wait just a minute, I have one more text message I need to respond to and then I’ll put this on vibrate and be right with you. . .…