Generation to Generation
The president of the congregation sent an email indicating 650 people attended the service. Mike, Tim Reed and I were in attendance Friday night at Temple Beth Israel for Shabbat.
Continue readingJulie’s Jar – “Flight”
Southeast of downtown Los Angeles are five (now 6) small cities where blue collar/white collar middle class, mostly white families raised their children until the early 1970s. I grew up
Continue readingJulie’s Jar: Bus-man’s Holiday
Every time we step into sacred time and space, it is an invitation to immerse ourselves in the presence of God, in whom we live and move and have our
Continue readingJulie’s Jar, “I Did Not Learn That in California History”
The 14th amendment became law 150 years ago in July 1868 and over night, 4 million former slaves became citizens. Opposition to the new law became a broader campaign against
Continue readingJulie’s Jar, “Dear Millenials,”
Dear Millenials, You are not the first generation to be called whiners and you won’t be the last.* You are not the first generation to be called unpatriotic because you
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