By Rabbi Sam Yolen, Congregation Beth Israel, Lebanon
A few days ago, I received an interesting phone call from a congregant who, star struck by another congregant, just had to let me know how special Rachel Siegel is.
As a disclaimer, I am not connected to the crafting world of stitching …
By Rabbi Sam Yolen, Congregation Beth Israel, Lebanon
I remember my Grandmother Jill telling me how hard it was for her and her husband, Burt, to buy their first home. My grandparents eloped in their early twenties, forgoing a party. They lived in the garage of my great-grandparents house.
…by Rabbi Sam Yolen, Congregation Beth Israel, Lebanon
I’d like to tell you an Etgar Keret story.
Keret is a famous Israeli writer, born to Holocaust survivors, and a very decorated artist. His story, Only Through Death Will You Learn Your True Identity, is about a boy named A who is …
“I remember when at least half, if not two-thirds, of Main Street were Jewish businesses,” says Stu Perlmutter, who closed his Lebanon-based furniture store, Harold's, in Summer 2019.
