Yom Kippur, 1965, I was a Navy medical officer stationed aboard a destroyer off the coast of Vietnam.
The ship's captain had promised us an hour or two to hold a service Kol Nidre evening, but late in the afternoon the ship went to battle stations. An
by P.J. Schwartz
(Originally published in Ten Minutes of Torah)
It's that time of year again! Yes, that's right - it's tax season! Time to fill out your forms, collect your W-2's and account for everything you have earned and purchased throughout the past
Like so many of the things we've done in the last few months, the annual Yom Kippur afternoon jaunt of my father and me to Barnes and Noble following the morning service at temple was more rambling, disjointed, and unfocused than it's been in previous years.
The Lord, the Lord is gracious and compassionate, patient, and abounding in kindness and faithfulness, assuring love for a thousand generations, forgiving iniquity, transgression and sin, and granting pardon. -Exodus 34:6-7
In the years since we made aliyah
by Marc Rosenstein
(Originally published in Galilee Diary and Ten Minutes of Torah)
These are the festivals of the Lord, holy convocations, which you shall proclaim at their proper time. -Leviticus 23:4
One of the things that many immigrants from