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The Many Dimensions of Jewish Education

After a year\’s sabbatical in Boston, my family (a husband who is a Conservative pulpit rabbi, myself, and our three children aged 6, 11 and 14) returned to our home in Victoria, British Columbia. The sabbatical year had a profound experience on us — one that we had not anticipated. We decided that after 16 years living in a small Jewish community, where we found ourselves stretching in ways we never intended, where open-mindedness and adaptability were the ultimate virtues, and teaching religious parameters and structure to our children was viewed as parochial, it was time to move to a larger and more engaging Jewish community.

On Huts and Hospitality

\”You shall live in booths seven days in order that future generations may know I made the Israelite people live in booths when I brought them out of the land of Egypt\” (Leviticus 23:42-43).

An Early Face Lift

On the north side of the Skirball Cultural Center, two dozen construction workers shout to each other over the roar of the 405 Freeway.

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