By Sylvia Schildt

In its heyday, from the early 20th century through the 1950’s, Brownsville, a crowded working-class neighborhood in Brooklyn, New York, was populated mainly by Jewish immigrants and their American-born children. If you were born or raised here, like myself and my four siblings, you had the impression that the whole world was Jewish. Or nearly.
* Yiddish for “holiday”

Our wishes for 5769 are illustrated in this Cartis Bracha for our readers.

By Marcus Freed

The aim of this project is to provide a gentle, caring framework for connecting to Jewish spirituality and to encourage participants to bring their own knowledge and life experiences to the topic within a user-friendly and suitable context as an introduction to the topic.

See also:
- Spirituality for Teenagers
- Spirituality for Kids

By Judith Berinstein for JCCenters.org

One birth
is his exit from his mother’s womb,
while the other is the revelation of his inner spirit via Torah and its commandments.
HaRav Elimelech Bar Shaul

Suggestions for use in teaching and reflection, so that we can experience a second birth at the community level.

By Rabbi M. Polakoff

In his article about the New Year Rabbi M. Polakoff points out the MANY beginnings of the year, the numerous names for the holiday that mark the beginning of the year and the process of preparing oneself for the New Year.