Personal Essay
By Bonnie Ellinger One of the very appealing kibbutz customs is the assigning of a “family” to newcomers. The families are usually long-time kibbutz members who volunteer to be welcoming insiders to facilitate the absorption into the kibbutz of new arrivals. My Zionist youth group friends and I, on a
Community News
By Martin Finston, Q&A with Rabbi Hazzan Jonathan Angress Congregation B’nai Israel’s Big Event this year will feature Lauren Molina, a multiple award-winning actress and singer. Ms. Molina’s Broadway recent credits include leading roles in the Broadway revival of Sweeney Todd and the Broadway run
Profile
By Norma Libman You could say that Rabbi Hazzan Jonathan Angress became a cantor and a rabbi, and now lives in Albuquerque and serves Congregation B’nai Israel, because he fell in love with Fiddler on the Roof. But it’s a little more complicated than that. For starters, he
Arts Review
by Martin Finston Susie Sandager’s moving solo performance, Corrie Remembers, brings to life the late Corrie ten Boom, legendary Dutch Holocaust survivor and rescuer. The show is set in the 1970s when Ten Boom was in her 80s. Susie Sandager, as the stooped, grey-haired senior, shares a mesmerizing account
Congregation B'nai Israel
by Martin Finston “Join or Die” Shabbat Sparks Program at Cong. B’nai Israel Saturday, November 16, 2024: Lite Bites, 5 p.m. Havdalah Service, 5:40 p.m. Screening, 6 p.m. Dessert and Discussion, 7:45 p.m. Tickets: First adult, $21; each additional adult on same purchase