Author: Alex Kojfman
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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