Oct
16
2017

Blessing After The Camp Newman Fires

Cantor Lizzie Weiss

A Blessing for those who Love URJ Camp Newmanby Cantor Lizzie Weiss First there was Saratoga and Swig, where our grandparents and parents and then our generation made memories.  Then there was Newman which we all begrudgingly marched over to And worked hard to rebuild the memories of our past.  And with the lessons of Swig and… Read more »

Oct
12
2017

Prayer of the Month: How We Speak

Rabbi Sarah Bassin

The Amidah Our standing prayer that allows for our silent moments of more personal prayer—it opens and closes with some of the most compelling words of poetry from King David. At the beginning, we say: And at the end we say:The opening and closing words both speak to the power of, well, words. According to… Read more »