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Marching with the Poor People's Campaign in Albany on Monday

06/07/2018 10:57:03 PM

Jun7

Dear Friends:

I'm not under any illusion about marches.

I'm not under any illusion that if we march, the government will end its war on people of color.

I'm not under any illusion that if we march, the government will value our children more than...Read more...

James Chaney, Andrew Goodman and Michael Schwerner

05/29/2018 03:02:46 PM

May29

Some "very fine people" murdered James Chaney, Andrew Goodman and Michael Schwerner in 1964, when they were registering voters as part of Freedom Summer in Mississippi.

Chaney, 21 at the time of his death, was an African American and a Mississippi native. Goodman and Schwerner, respectively 20 and 25, were Jewish New Yorkers who had volunteered to spend the summer on a Mississippi voter registration drive...Read more...

Poor People's Campaign - Next Steps

05/22/2018 02:34:43 PM

May22

The Poor People's Campaign is well underway, here are some things coming up

May 30 - Non-Violent Civil Disobedience Training with SURJ. We will cover: Why do we mobilize for action? How do we plan successful actions? What tactics do we use when facing a show of power from the other side? How do we reduce harm and deescalate tense situations? This training is appropriate for all experience levels and will prepare...Read more...

Job Listing: Preschool Summer Assistant Teacher

05/02/2018 12:49:45 PM

May2

Position Title: Summer Assistant Teacher

Position Overview: BHA Preschool seeks a dependable, energetic, professional Summer Assistant Teacher to support the Lead Teacher in providing a safe and peaceful environment for our students. This is a 7 week position for Mondays through Thursdays from 8:30am - 12pm which will begin on June 21st, 2018 and end on August 10th, 2018.

Qualifications: Applicants must have:Read more...

Director of Education

05/02/2018 10:48:42 AM

May2

Beacon Hebrew Alliance is looking for a Director of Education

We are a rapidly growing synagogue organized around the big idea that Judaism is a pool of living waters in which to swim, rather than a fragile heirloom we're afraid of breaking. In this community,  there are no "consumers" of Jewish life, only "producers."

Specifically, we are looking to build on our successful...Read more...

Director of Education

05/02/2018 10:40:21 AM

May2

 

Beacon Hebrew Alliance is looking for a Director of Education.

We are a rapidly growing synagogue organized around the big idea that Judaism is a pool of living waters in which to swim, rather than a fragile heirloom we're afraid of breaking. In this community,...Read more...

Acharai Mot-Kedoshim

04/24/2018 02:50:50 PM

Apr24

In the late 1960s, Chabad Hasidim in Brooklyn had a problem. Relatively recently settled in the city after fleeing the Holocaust, they were suddenly facing tremendous pressure to leave.

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What do we do with the wretched of the earth?

04/17/2018 12:24:31 PM

Apr17

 

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Geniza

04/10/2018 01:59:50 PM

Apr10

Jews take words seriously.    We understand that insults can carry the power of life and death, we imagine that the letters of the Hebrew alphabet are the primordial building blocks with which the universe was created and when holy books come to the...Read more...

Righteousness

03/21/2018 11:15:21 AM

Mar21

Just about 50 years ago, Chief Warrant Officer Hugh Thompson taught the world a Mishna I'm sure he never read.    Thompson  (left, credit Associated Press) was a United States Army helicopter pilot during the Vietnam War. On March...Read more...
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