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Wildfires  (Yom Kippur Morning)

09/30/2014 01:36:05 PM

Sep30

Rabbi Jennifer Jaech

It was near midnight as our plane began its descent over the mountains of the Pacific Northwest.   I strained to look out of the windows at an unusual sight.  There were several orange lines glowing on the ridges of the dark mountains:   Wildfires.    

I didn’t give the wildfires much thought – I was in “vacation mode.”  My husband David and I go to the Pacific Northwest every...Read more...

dayton's Teshuvah

09/30/2013 01:40:51 PM

Sep30

Rabbi Jennifer Jaech

I would be surprised if you’ve ever heard of Dayton, Washington, a small town set among the rolling hills of in the southwest corner of the state.  My husband David and I joke that when we drive into Dayton, we increase the Jewish population significantly – by 200 percent – from zero to two.   With just over one thousand residents, Dayton has only one traffic light, right in the center of Main Street....Read more...

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