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Rabbi Noah Farkas’ Yom Kippur sermon: Clap Along if You Feel That Holiness is the Truth
Jewish Journal
October 12, 2017
High Holy Days: Working for happiness
Amy Klein
September 3, 2013
Did you know that many people actually find free time more difficult to enjoy than work? Although many people also find their work stressful, boring or meaningless, success doesn’t make people happy either.
When Birthday Party Blowouts Blowup
Sharon Duke Estroff
September 7, 2006
Fortunately, it\’s perfectly possible to plan a kid-friendly birthday bash without compromising our values, sanity and pocketbook. All it takes is a little panning for gold.
End of Sanity
Orit Arfa
July 28, 2005
Gush is one of the sanest places in Israel I had ever visited. The people are healthy and happy. They love life and they love Israel.
And They Lived Happily Ever Apart
Mark Miller
November 4, 2004
Being together day after day for 14 years sadly lost its luster.
If You Wanna Be Happy
Abby Gilad
September 26, 2002
During these holidays, Jews are commanded to be joyful.
Los Angeles 5758
Julie Gruenbaum Fax
June 2, 1998
Your rabbi is a banana. Your cantor thinks she\’sJohn Lennon. And the entire congregation is singing Beatlestunes.
A nightmare? A parallel universe?
No, it\’s just Purim at Sha\’arei Am: The SantaMonica Synagogue, and Rabbi Jeff Marx\’s megillah reading is just oneof many bizarre scenes that will play out as rabbi and congregantsrid themselves of cumbersome inhibitions for one silly day.
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