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Union for Reform Judaism - Serving Reform Congregations in North America

May 2009

Standing guard	05/05/09
Peace talk	05/12/09
Peace talk II: Jewish and democratic	05/19/09
Peace talk III: Living with history	05/26/09
Peace talk IV: cultures collide	05/31/09
Peace talk V: Living with the other	06/07/09

April 2009

Spring countdown	04/05/09
By the sea	04/12/09
Spring festival	04/19/09
Independence	04/26/09

March 2009

Green thoughts II: My space	03/01/09
Green thoughts III: humility	03/08/09
Leaving the desert behind	03/15/09
Green thoughts IV: Ponzi and Heschel	03/22/09
Green thoughts V: spring report	03/29/09

February 2009

Hard choices	02/01/09
Wandering Jews	02/08/09
Remembering Amalek	02/15/09
Green thoughts I: Answer us!	02/22/09

January 2009

Reality	01/04/09
Listening	01/11/09
Changing channels	01/18/09
Ivory tower	01/25/09

December 2008

Never again	12/07/08
Winter view	12/14/08
Abraham's children	12/21/09
Coming of age	12/28/08

November 2008

Self evident truths	11/02/08
Continuity	11/09/08
At the gate	11/16/08
Pioneers	11/23/08
Not what we had in mind	11/30/08

October 2008

High Holiday Memories	10/05/08
Simple question	10/12/08
Rashomon in the Galilee	10/19/08
Feeling small	10/26/08

September 2008

Natural history	09/07/08
Sins of omission	09/14/08
Mazel tov	09/21/08
Dust to dust	09/28/08

August 2008

Covering up	08/03/08
Conflict and identity	08/10/08
Conflict and identity II	08/17/08
Democracy in action?	08/24/08
As the world turns	08/31/08

July 2008

Reflections at 60 VI	07/06/08
In God we trust	07/13/08
Learning community	07/20/08
Comfort food	07/27/08

June 2008

Reflections at 60 I	06/01/08
Reflections at 60 II	06/08/08
Reflections at 60 III	06/15/08
Reflections at 60 IV	06/22/08
Reflections at 60 V	06/29/08

May 2008

Peak water	05/04/08
A glimmer of hope	05/11/08
A glimmer of hope II	05/18/08
Recycling	05/25/08

April 2008

Names	04/06/08
Co-existence	04/13/08
Co-existence II	04/20/08
Co-existence III	04/27/08

March 2008

Curiouser and curiouser	03/02/08
Smoke	03/09/08
Sage	03/16/08
Purim reflections	03/23/08
Capers	03/30/08

February 2008

Homeless I	02/03/08
Homeless II	02/10/08
Homeless III	02/17/08
Homeless IV	02/24/08

January 2008

Adult Ed.	01/06/08
You can get anything you want…	01/13/08
The rule of law	01/25/08
Ask the rabbi	01/27/08

December 2007

Petroleum	12/04/07
Photo ID	12/11/07
The ingathering	12/16/08
The demographic threat	12/23/08
Leap year	12/30/08

November 2007

Workers of the world, arise!	11/04/07
Cyclamen	11/11/07
Reforming Israel	11/18/07
Seasons greetings	11/25/07

October 2007

Local Politics	10/07/07
Statehood and Peoplehood	10/14/07
Inside/Outside	10/21/07
Separate and Together	10/28/07

September 2007

Wedding season	09/02/07
Sabbatical	09/09/07
Bananas	09/16/07
Sesame	09/23/07
Soap	09/30/07

August 2007

Mitzpeh Ramon I	08/05/07
Mitzpeh Ramon II	08/12/07
Strangers	08/19/07
Holiday cheer	08/26/07

July 2007

Culture and identity	07/01/07
Culture and identity II	07/08/07
Culture and identity III	07/15/07
Culture and identity IV	07/22/07
Neighbors II	07/29/07

June 2007

An island of happiness	06/24/07
Plastic	06/17/07
Wheat	06/14/07
Neighbors	06/10/07

May 2007

Coffee	05/27/07
Cucumbers	05/20/07
Wood	05/13/07
Threads	05/06/07

April 2007

Water	04/29/07
Sand	04/22/07
Limestone	04/15/07
Salt	04/08/07
Another Seder	04/05/07

March 2007

Oranges and Others	03/25/07
Teaching Israel VII	03/18/07
Teaching Israel VI	03/11/07
Teaching Israel V	03/04/07

February 2007

Teaching Israel IV	02/25/07
Teaching Israel III	02/18/07
Teaching Israel II	02/11/07
Teaching Israel I	02/04/07

January 2007

Circus	01/14/07
Leadership and responsibility	01/07/07
Men and women I	01/21/07
Men and women II	01/28/07

December 2006

Remembering and forgetting VI	12/31/06
Remembering and forgetting V	12/24/06
Remembering and forgetting IV	12/17/06
Remembering and forgetting III	12/10/06
Remembering and forgetting II	12/03/06

November 2006

Remembering and forgetting I	11/26/06
O Jerusalem	11/19/06
Pluralism VIII	11/12/06
Pluralism VII	11/05/06

October 2006

Oil and water	10/29/06
One God?	10/22/06
The smell of the Etrog	10/08/06
Pluralism VI	10/01/06

September 2006

Hamsin	09/24/06
Pluralism V	09/17/06
Pluralism IV	09/10/06
Pluralism III	09/03/06

August 2006

Elul	08/27/06
Pluralism II	08/20/06
Packing	08/13/06
Pluralism I	08/06/06

July 2006

The view from here III	07/30/06
The view from here II	07/23/06
The view from here I	07/16/06
Homecoming V	07/09/06
Homecoming IV	07/02/06

June 2006

Homecoming III	06/25/06
Homecoming II	06/18/06
Homecoming I	06/11/06
Joining the Club	06/04/06

May 2006

Rabbi Yose’s Silence	05/28/06
Cycles	05/21/06
Country Mouse IV	05/14/06
Country Mouse III	05/07/06

April 2006

Country Mouse II	04/30/06
Country Mouse I	04/23/06
Elijah V	04/16/06
Elijah IV	04/09/06
Elijah III	04/02/06

March 2006

Elijah II	03/26/06
Elijah I	03/19/06
Land and Memory V	03/12/06
Land and Memory IV	03/05/06

February 2006

Land and memory III	02/26/06
Tu BiSh’vat 5766	02/19/06
Land and memory II	02/12/06
Land and memory I	02/05/06

January 2006

Israel in the Torah VI	01/29/06
Israel in the Torah V	01/22/06
Walkabout III	01/15/06
Israel in the Torah IV	01/08/06
Israel in the Torah III	01/01/06

December 2005

Israel in the Torah II	12/25/05
Israel in the Torah I	12/18/05
Israel Engagement	12/11/05
Walkabout II	12/04/05

November 2005

Walkabout	11/27/05
Election fever	11/20/05
Dark thoughts	11/13/05
Rainy morning	11/06/05

October 2005

At home in exile	10/30/05
A wall runs through it	10/23/05
Seasons greetings	10/16/05
Beautiful trees	10/09/05
Days of Awe II	10/01/05

September 2005

Days of Awe I	09/25/05
Reading Jeremiah in the Galilee	09/18/05
Israeli Culture VI	09/11/05
Israeli Culture V	09/04/05

August 2005

Israeli Culture IV	08/28/05
Israeli Culture III	08/21/05
Israeli Culture II	08/14/05
Israeli Culture I	08/07/05

July 2005

Meet the neighbors III	07/31/05
Meet the neighbors II	07/24/05
Meet the neighbors I	07/17/05
Summer tourists III	07/10/05
Summer tourists II	07/03/05

June 2005

Summer tourists	06/26/05
Right to life III	06/19/05
Right to life II	06/12/05
Right to life	06/05/05

May 2005

Firelight	05/29/05
Memory II	05/22/05
Memory I	05/15/05
Beam me up, Scotty	05/09/05
Not in my back yard?	05/01/05

April 2005

Blue and white	04/24/05
Redemption II	04/17/05
Redemption I	04/10/05
Hyssop season	04/03/05

March 2005

Hebrew III	03/27/05
Purim pessimism	03/20/05
Hebrew II	03/13/05
Hebrew I	03/06/05

February 2005

Solidarity III	02/27/05
Solidarity II	02/20/05
Solidarity I	02/13/05
Winter white	02/06/05

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