Praise for Rabbi Targan’s Book

A review by Letty Cottin Pogrebin in Tikkun Magazine:  In her touching memoir, Funny You Don’t Look Like a Rabbi/ A Memoir of Unorthodox Transformation, my Jewish feminist friend, Lynnda Targan describes how she became a rabbi at 55, after juggling work, family and...
The Wow of Pumpkin Picking on Columbus Day/Sukkot

The Wow of Pumpkin Picking on Columbus Day/Sukkot

“The Land is Mine and you are but sojourners and residents with Me.”  (Deuteronomy 25:23) The intersection of Sukkot, the Jewish harvest holiday and the American holiday of Columbus Day was a big WOW on Monday. The synchronization of the secular and Jewish holidays...
The WOW of Israel: “In spite of everything…”

The WOW of Israel: “In spite of everything…”

When I first set out to write for my blog it was early July.  I was in Israel with my husband enjoying everything I love about Tel Aviv—a WOW at every turn: dinners with cousins, meetings with my glorious Israeli friends, Pam, Judy, Bob, Arona and Michael, eating...
The Wow of The Hilary Happening

The Wow of The Hilary Happening

“This is the day the Lord has made. Let us rejoice and be glad on it.”  (Psalm 118:24) About a week ago I received an e-mail from the Free Library of Philadelphia, which is a stone’s throw from our apartment, and where we spend a lot of time listening to wonderful...