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- Written by: Rabbi Jonathan Kraus
As I’m writing these words, summer’s fading fast. School has started for most of our students; tan lines are beginning to fade; average daily temperatures are going down; the baseball season is moving towards its annual climax and football’s started. However, before we let go of the summer completely, I want to make my annual pitch for our wonderful URJ camps generally, and for Crane Lake & Eisner camps, in particular.
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- Written by: Rabbi Jonathan Kraus
As we are well aware, this month marks the tenth anniversary of the horrifying events of September 11th, 2001. The anniversary presents us with a familiar but difficult challenge. How do we remember, honor and grieve for the losses of that terrible day even as we continue to move forward? What critical lessons do we salvage from the wreckage? How do we make certain that our acts of remembrance avoid the dangers of shallow or bellicose clichés on the one hand and despair or cynicism on the other? Of equal importance, how do we make sure that we don’t avoid this responsibility altogether and simply minimize or ignore the anniversary?