Brent Spodek
By Brent Spodek
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Opinion Rabbi’s Meditation Lessons Changed My Life
Rabbi Sheila Peltz Weinberg On those very rare occasions when I start to get anxious or freak out or dive down the rabbit hole of “What if this bad thing happens and then this and then this?” I hear the lilting voice of Rabbi Sheila Peltz Weinberg in my head, telling me to breathe and…
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Opinion Pete Seeger’s Hometown Rabbi Remembers When
Pete Seeger never stopped singing — or fighting for justice. Just last month, he turned up at the Beacon Hebrew Alliance to explain why it was important to join the town’s Martin Luther King Day celebrations. If you move to Beacon, or even think about moving to Beacon, someone will tell you that this is…
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Food Beacon Hebrew Alliances Commits to Healthy Living
This article was co-authored by Jennifer Clair, Bobby Gropper, Valerie Gropper, Ann Gross, Jeff Gross, Deana Morenoff, Joan Pirie, Bill Smith, and Rachel Zollner. When our synagogue, Beacon Hebrew Alliance, took on a community-wide listening campaign about two years ago, food quickly emerged as an important issue. Some of us were locavores, committed to eating…
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