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"We have not inherited the earth from our ancestors --- we have borrowed it from our children." - ancient proverb
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Interesting quotes from famous Jews
My father never lived to see his dream come true of an
all-Yiddish-speaking
Canada.
-David Steinberg
I once
wanted to become an atheist but I gave up. They have no
holidays.
-Henny Youngman
Look
at Jewish history. Unrelieved lamenting
would be intolerable. So, for every
ten Jews beating their breasts, God
designated one to be crazy and amuse the breast beaters. By the time I was five
I knew I was that one.
-Mel Brooks
The time
is at hand when the wearing of a prayer shawl
and skullcap will not bar a man from the
White House, unless, of course, the man
is Jewish.
-Jules Farber
Even
if you are Catholic, if you live in New York,
you're Jewish. If you live in Butte, Montana, you are
going to be a goy even if you
are Jewish.
-Lenny Bruce
The
remarkable thing about my mother is that for thirty years she served us nothing
but leftovers. The original meal has never been
found.
-Calvin Trillin
Let me
tell you the one thing I have against Moses. He took
us forty years into the desert in order to bring us to the one place in the
Middle East that has no
oil!
-Golda Meir
Even a secret
agent can't lie to
a Jewish mother.
-Peter Malkin
My
idea of an agreeable person is a person who agrees with
me.
-Benjamin Disraeli
It's so
simple to be wise. Just think of something stupid to say and then don't say
it.
-Sam Levenson
Don't be humble; you are
not that great.
-Golda Meir
I
went on a diet, swore off drinking and heavy eating, and in fourteen days I had
lost exactly two
weeks.
-Joe E. Lewis
A
spoken contract isn't worth the paper it's written
on.
-Sam Goldwyn
I don't want to achieve
immortality through my work. I want to achieve immortality through not
dying.
-Woody Allen
Whoever called it
necking was a poor judge of
anatomy.
-Groucho Marx
A
politician is a man who will double cross that bridge when he comes to
it.
-Oscar Levant
Too bad that
all the people who know how to run this country are busy driving taxis and
cutting hair.
-George Burns
A committee is a
group that keeps minutes and loses
hours.
-Milton Berle
I don't
want any yes-men around me. I want everybody to tell me the truth, even if it
costs them their
jobs.
-Sam Goldwyn
Television is a medium
because it is neither rare nor well
done.
-Ernie Kovacs
When I bore
people at a party, they think it is their
fault.
-Henry Kissinger
"DAILY JEWISH WISDOM" is found @ Beliefnet.com
JEWISH WISDOM:
Fear builds walls to bar the light. - Baal Shem Tov
Engage in Torah and charity even with an ulterior motive, for that habit of right doing will lead also to right motivation. - Talmud: Pesahim, 50b
The sword comes into the world because of justice delayed and because of justice perverted.- Ethics of the Fathers 5:8
Ever since Rabbi Akiba used the Passover seder to plan a revolutionary struggle against the Roman occupiers, the Jews have used the seder to begin concrete work on tikkun (healing and transformation).
- Rabbi Michael Lerner, the Tikkun Magazine Passover supplement 2006
To work out ends of righteousness and love are you called; not merely to enjoy or suffer.
- S.R. Hirsch, "Nineteen Letters," 1836
“Pessimism is a luxury that a Jew can never allow himself.” Golda Meir
The worship of God, though desirable as an end itself, can somehow never be in the right spirit, unless it impels one to the service of man. - Rabbi Mordechai Kaplan
Concentrate on three things and you will not fall into the grip of sin. Know from where you came, where you are going, and before Whom you will have to give account and reckoning.- Pirkei Avot 3:1
We cannot learn from general principles: there may be exceptions. - Johanan, Talmud: Kiddushin
A truly generous man is he that always gives, whether it be much or little, before he is asked.- Orchot Tsadiqim
The best security for old age: respect your children.- Sholem Asch
A Jew can be Jewish with God, against God, but not without God.- Elie Wiesel
He who promotes his own honor at the expense of his neighbor's has no portion in the world to come.- Judah b. Hanina, Genesis Rabbah
Even if all the world tells you, "You are righteous," consider yourself a sinner. - Rabbi Simlai
Prayer is meaningless unless it is subversive, unless it seeks to overthrow and to ruin the pyramids of callousness, hatred, opportunism and falsehood. The liturgical movement must become a revolutionary movement, seeking to overthrow the forces that continue to destroy the promise, the hope, the vision.- Abraham Joshua Heschel, "On Prayer"
Lose with truth and right rather than gain with falsehood and wrong.- Maimonides, "Tzavaah"
Seek the good in everyone, and reveal it, bring it forth.- Rabbi Nachman of Breslov (1772-1811), "Likutey Moharan"
Just as we love ourselves despite the faults we know we have, so should we love our neighbors despite the faults we see in them.- Rabbi Israel Baal Shem Tov
A man should never impose an overpowering fear upon his household. - Babylonian Talmud, Gittin 6b
If you add to the truth, you subtract from it.- The Talmud
Love unaccompanied by criticism is not love....Peace unaccompanied by reproof is not peace.- Genesis Rabbah 54:3
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Recent Events 5774
LAG B'OMER 5774
Actually, now that I am online, ought to share something awesome with you all: For Lag B'Omer we decided to have a fireless [high fire risk restrictions area], meatless, bar-b-q [the American foods of choice for Lag]. So we had boca burgers with all the fixings and then games. We decided to play uno until quite late. Finally we stopped as two of us had to be up early on Sunday. Counting up our points we discovered that we all had the same number of points which was...: 18, Chai! To LIFE!
Canyon Shabbat in May
A spiritually uplifting camping trip over Shabbat at the Grand Canyon perhaps can best be expressed by pictures...

Kabbalat Shabbat is coming as another group holds a sunset wedding. We watched from a distance until they started to pack it all up. Then we wandered out to catch the last rays of golden glow...


Shabbat morning we went on out to Shoshone Point. What a wonderful ambiance for services, for hiking, for lunch, and for Torah study!
The vista was exquisite as you can see...
Would that we could experience this kind of beauty every Shabbat!


Pesach 5774 and Holocaust Remembrance Events
Two seders totalling over 30 people with fantastic food and many interesting questions. However 2 hours seemed a bit long for some of the elderly and/or uninitiated.
We are very grateful for the hospitality of the local Methodists who allowed us to use their meeting hall and even helped us set up!
No sooner was Pesach over than we started with the Holocaust Remembrance events. In Prescott it was very educational about the trials and tribulations of the Danish Jews and their eventual saving save for about 400 - according to those who gave feedback [Candy, Matt, Patrick, Betty, Adele, Barbara, Ellie, Jerry, etc.] However the Flagstaff/ Sedona event was much more moving despite some sound system difficulties. Singing the Partisan Song and Hatikva plus other musical presentations really hit home... May all their memories be for blessings and NEVER forgotten!
Purim 5774
To fight Amalek
It seems so long since Chanukah's colored candles brightly burning
With Thanksgivnukah a distant thought, solstice sun fall's ending,
Credit card fraud a churning, joyous trees with sap a flow,
Ground hog day just yearning for early spring and fewer snows
Before Purim's call returning us to reach out once more
To the needy, to the hungry, to re-forest trees and maintain shores-
To build rational schools despite the mounting terror and destructions,
causeless hatreds, honor murders, and revenge killings among the peoples of this world.
Hope
We still have hope we will overcome our murderous inclinations?
Our lust for power, our greed for wealth, our discarding of the dignity of others.
Faith
We must have faith we can overcome our so selfish protestations?
And like Esther in her royal glory,
with the wisdom of Mordechai by her side,
We will resolve as we hear their story
That from doing Mitzvot we surely won't hide!

SUKKOT 5774, A Dear Blessing
Oh what a dear blessing it is to see
Such lovely people coming to help me,
Building a Sukkah when I can not
With stitches in my right hand finger.
Now I know the Ushpizim will have a spot
To visit with each congregant and singer!
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Earlybirds waiting for Sukkot and dinner...
Impromptu Kabbalat Shabbat start to November
Chol HaMoed at the Grand Canyon
On the train:
A couple of us even had a chance to be recorded singing the Mi Shebeirach Healing prayer against the canyon backdrop!
https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B66f-BTWuevkbm9zY2g2dVluNFU/edit?usp=drive_web
The above link is to the original posting as an AVI and can be downloaded from the google site for those interested.
Some comments about the trip:
very nice and it made the paper too! John L.
I really enjoyed the singing of the healing prayer. Lena
Looks like you visited the Canyon just in the nick of time! Mona
Thank you. It was special to listen to the healing prayers blessing. I also enjoy the website sidebar, especially the jokes. - and the Courier article on Sukkot explaining helpful stuff I had never heard before! Allie