Tag: Thanksgiving
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Gratitude on This Day
Gratitude For Family For Friends For Community For Food For Labor For Production For Sacrifice For Commitment For Memory For Acknowledgment For Reconciliation For Healing For Stories For Perspective For Understanding For Honesty For Resistance For Vision For Redemption For Change For Justice For Compassion For Peace For All
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On Mascots, Ice Skating and Standing with Standing Rock
We gathered for Thanksgiving last week with friends up in Seattle. I look forward to Thanksgiving, it is one holiday which I do not need to work for one, and can spend with my wife and kids. Since our extended families are distant, we have more often than not spent it with friends, and I…
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Why We Created the Olympia Charter for Compassion
A few months ago, spurred on by a spate of hate crimes in our small town of Olympia, I along with a group of local clergy met to think about what we can do. While we all understand the pastoral and teaching role we play in our communities, serving our own traditions, we also take…
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Reunions
This is the week of reunions. For many, the holiday of Thanksgiving means a reunion of sorts, a coming together with family and friends who we may only see this one time a year. This is one of the special aspects of holiday time, we not only connect with the spirit of the season, and…
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The First and Future Thanksgiving
One of my challenges as a rabbi is to make Judaism relevant across demographics. Part of the challenge comes from the fact that what necessitates how we teach Judaism to kids is different than how we teach Judaism to adults. And very often I find that people who study Judaism as adults are surprised by…
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What Lincoln Can Teach Us About Hanukkah
As a child I was raised on a steady dose of Pilgrims and Native Americans when it came to Thanksgiving. The story was told and retold come fall, and craft projects at school reflected that theme. As I get older, however, that story seems to have faded from my thoughts as I draw to Thanksgiving.…
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