As we prepare for Shabbat, remember when you need someone, lean on me.
Playing for Change shares Lean on Me.
Shabbat Shalom
Category: Relationships
Shabbat Shalom
Listen to the Music was a big hit for the Doobie Brothers and a fun way to welcome Shabbat especially when musicians from Playing for Change come together from around the world joining to sing its message.
So Listen ( and sing along) with the Music
Shabbat Shalom
Happy Monday
Shabbat Shalom-What’s goin’ on?
Marvin Gaye’s classic song is performed by Playing for Change bringing musicians from around the world together to make beautiful music together. A wonderful framing for Shabbat.
Shabbat Shalom.
Who is your person?
Shabbat Shalom
The tension between generations continues. It was embodied in this Cat Stevens /Yusef Islam music, Father & Son, that resonated so deeply for me them and now.
“There is a better place, a promised land…There is no way we get from here to there except by joining hands, marching together.” (Mishkan Tefillah, p.39)
Shabbat Shalom
Preparing ourselves for the work ahead
Shabbat Shalom
This Shabbat I wanted to share that we are together in a march towards a better place.
John Legend offers this beautiful rendition of the Simon and Garfunkel classic, Bridge Over Troubled Water.
Shabbat Shalom
Shabbat Shalom
This stunning rendition of Batya Levine’s “We Rise” comes to us through the artistry of Cantor Harold Messinger, of Beth Am Israel Penn Valley, in collaboration with the talented James Pollard Jr., of Zion Baptist Church of Ardmore.
This Juneteenth, we commemorate and wish Shabbat Shalom!
The Unfulfilled promise of Juneteenth
June 19th is celebrated in American history as the date when the slaves were freed (it actually was the day when Union Troops entered Texas to enforce the final ending of slavery on June 19, 1865, three years after Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation of Sept 22, 1862). Juneteenth, as it is known, remains an aspiration. Today, in this special moment in time we find so much of America is still unfulfilled; Ideals yet to be achieved, dreams yet to realized. America was the Promised Land for so many, but the promise is a work in progress, a distant goal for far too many.
On this Juneteenth let us affirm our commitment to make this special place one that extends ideals of equal justice, liberty, and equality to everyone. It is a long road ahead, but it is a journey worth traveling.
Find a group that promotes our sacred values such as the ADL, the ACLU, the Innocence Project, Repairers of the Breach, and support them. Learn how to help create the changes to make our society juster and fairer for all. Celebrate Freedom on Juneteenth and every day thereafter.