Everyone has their top ten lists at the end of the year.
What are your top 10 movies?
What were your top ten tv shows?
What were your top ten songs?
Who were your top ten heroes?
We usually don't list our top 10 Jewish moments...but wouldn't it be fun to do so?
Lets consider our local community....what would you list? An event at your congregation, the Kareem Abdul-Jabbar lecture, the creation of jewishcentral.org, PJ Library reaching 200 members, the Israel Bond reception for Lois Green...
What about our personal Jewish moments...a family wedding, birth of a child or grandchild, a birthday, anniversary, a family trip to Israel, a family seder...
And all other international Jewish events...
Create your own lists and post them on Jewishcentral.org
Lets see your top ten Jewish moments of 2010.
And Happy New Year!
Thursday, December 23, 2010
Friday, December 10, 2010
The Flame and the Fire
Chanukah began peacefully enough with the first candle being lit...
A small flame to mark the beginning of the Festival of Lights.
That small flame turned into a raging inferno as devastating forest fires raged through the Carmel Mountain forests close to Israel's third largest city, Haifa, as the holiday began to be celebrated.
The Holiday of Lights became a Holiday of Horror, and for several days the fires burned out of control.
Thankfully the fires are now under control.
Chanukah marks a victory of freedom over oppression, and the miracle of the oil in the Holy Temple lasting for 8 days instead of the expected one.
Today we are thankful for the outpouring of aid in taming the fires that came from countries around the world.
A small flame to mark the beginning of the Festival of Lights.
That small flame turned into a raging inferno as devastating forest fires raged through the Carmel Mountain forests close to Israel's third largest city, Haifa, as the holiday began to be celebrated.
The Holiday of Lights became a Holiday of Horror, and for several days the fires burned out of control.
Thankfully the fires are now under control.
Chanukah marks a victory of freedom over oppression, and the miracle of the oil in the Holy Temple lasting for 8 days instead of the expected one.
Today we are thankful for the outpouring of aid in taming the fires that came from countries around the world.