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Parashat Pinchas: Ilene Cohen’s 70th Birthday Drash — July 29, 2016
written on August 4, 2016 // 0 CommentsTen years ago, I celebrated my 60th birthday at BCC with a “coming of wisdom” ceremony. So now the obvious […]

“How do we stand?” – Parashat Korach, July 8, 2016/ 3 Tamuz 5776
written on July 11, 2016 // 0 CommentsAll week this week (for the last couple of weeks really), I’ve been watching our beautiful building fill with …what […]

Unity and Liberty: A Drash on B’chukotai — June 3, 2016
written on June 6, 2016 // 0 Commentsby Elissa Barrett & Josh Gershick “The price of liberty is eternal vigilance.” This aphorism is often attributed to Thomas […]

“Who is hungry?” – Parashat Behar, May 27, 2016
written on June 2, 2016 // 0 CommentsBy Davi Cheng This might seem like an off the wall question: Is there anyone here who is hungry right […]

“The Tongue Reaches Out for Apples” Shabbat April 29, 2016 — Last Day of Pesach 5776
written on May 20, 2016 // 0 CommentsHere we are as the week of Passover draws to a close, and the sweet new memories of seders and […]

Jewish Healing
written on April 23, 2016 // 0 CommentsThe year 1989. On a global scale it was a memorable year. It was the year that the Berlin Wall […]

Shabbat April Fools 2016/5776
written on April 11, 2016 // 0 CommentsHear or see any good April Fools jokes today? The Washington Post recalled in an article yesterday about April Fools Day, […]

On God and Godzilla // Shabbat Tzav, March 25, 2016
written on March 28, 2016 // 0 CommentsWelcome to you, dear members of BCC. Welcome to you who are visiting for the first time. And those of […]

Tent of Meeting / Drash on Torah Portion Pekudei — March 11, 2016
written on March 14, 2016 // 0 CommentsLeigh Grode As a child my first sense of home was Upstate New York at our Family Country House, we […]

“What’s Love Got to Do With It?” — Shabbat Ki Tisa 5776/February 26, 2016
written on March 1, 2016 // 0 CommentsI hope many of you remember that for 4½ months in the summer and fall of 2008, same gender marriages […]