Month: November 2021

Friday, December 3, 2021 (Rabbi Mari Chernow) “This woman’s place is in the House…the House of Representatives.” This concept, familiar now, was bold and provocative in 1970. That’s why Bella […]

Thursday, December 2, 2021 (Shelly Fox, Cantorial Soloist & Musical Director) Friedl Dicker-Brandeis was a light to many children at a time of deep darkness. Although she had a flourishing […]

Sunday, December 5, 2021 (Dr. Zach Lasker, Executive Director) “There will always be enemies. Time to stop being your own.” -Larry Kramer When I was a kid, I perceived the […]

Saturday, December 4, 2021 (Sarah Escobar, Director of Religious School) Sandy Koufax Chose His Jewish Faith Over Baseball Sandy Koufax, “The Left Arm of God,” as he was known, played […]

Wednesday, December 1, 2021 (Rabbi Calvin Dox-DaCosta) Julius Lester was born in St. Louis in 1939 and was the son of a Methodist minister, although he learned early on in […]

Tuesday, November 30, 2021 (Dr. Hannah Bennett, Head of School at Briskin Elementary) One would think that the accomplishments of a gynecologist who was born in 1893 would be irrelevant […]

Monday, November 30, 2021 (Rabbi Michelle Missaghieh) Rabbi Barzani (1590–1670), was the first woman rabbi. A renowned Kurdish Jewish woman who lived in Mosul, Iraq her father was the scholar […]

Sunday, November 29, 2021 (Jessy Lichter Maret, Director of Bay-Nimoy ECC) Ruth Bader Ginsburg, better known to many as RBG, is a hero and pioneer, standing as both a fierce […]

This year we light the candles for this year’s Chanukah celebration in honor of these incredibly inspiring people. Their light and lives helped influence and change the world. Who will […]

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