by Cindy Warren | Aug 6, 2014 | Blog, My Jewish Journey
I hope everyone has had a restful and rewarding summer. We are excited about the upcoming school year and seeing everyone back at school. It has been a difficult summer for all of us in the Jewish community and our thoughts and hearts have been with Israel. We will...
by Cindy Warren | Jun 18, 2014 | Blog, My Jewish Journey
The tragic news this week in Israel of three boys who were kidnapped by Hamas is overwhelming. Yet, at the same time, we need to contemplate what we can ultimately do. There are no words to express the pain that the families of Eyal, Gilad, and Naftali must be...
by Cindy Warren | Jun 10, 2014 | Blog, My Jewish Journey
This week’s parsha tells the famous story of the spies. Moses sends twelve spies to the land of Israel. Forty days later they return, carrying a huge cluster of grapes, a pomegranate and a fig, to report on a lush and bountiful land. But then they continue with words...
by Cindy Warren | Jun 3, 2014 | Blog, My Jewish Journey
LAZY DAYS AT THE BEACH by Benyamin Cohen Torah from Dixie Staff Writer Summertime is here. Every year, we read the Book of Numbers during the summer, and often it gets less attention then it rightfully deserves. So for the moment, let’s catch up with the Jewish...
by Cindy Warren | Jun 3, 2014 | Blog, My Jewish Journey
In this week’s Torah reading, the “stiff necked people” in B’nai Yisrael complain about their lack of nourishment. They cry out for meat and fish and even reminisce about the watermelon they had back in Egypt. Our Torah Treat this week features all those foods: gummy...
by Cindy Warren | May 27, 2014 | Blog, My Jewish Journey
For our recipe this week, I found something both fun and educational for the holiday of Shavuot. It is a Libyan custom that’s certainly not cookie cutter but literally uses cookies to illustrate the essence of Shavuot. Libyan Jews create a child’s cookie...