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Beloved Colleagues in Ministry,
This is a message I wish I didn’t have to write. I do not want to know what I know. Because I learned my lessons about disaster ministry in one of the ugliest and horrific events that still resonates within my own soul, my local community and our nation. … Read the rest
Joint statement regarding the global coronavirus pandemic (March 18, 2020)… Read the rest
The following material is an extract from a message posted to the Utah Diné Bikeyah (Navajo) mailing list, circulated prior to March 17.
Dear Friends,
Whenever faced with a personal or national crisis, it is my custom to go “back to the sources” for comfort and inspiration. Allow me to share with you a number of biblical and rabbinic insights about the current crisis.… Read the rest
Dear Members and Friends of the Westwood Village Synagogue,
We wanted to reach out to you again regarding the status of community efforts to combat the coronavirus outbreak, and to detail ways in which you can be a part of this effort.… Read the rest
***Announcement on Measures Taken Due to the Corona Virus***
*From the Scholars of Azzawia, Cape Town*
Over recent days and weeks, we have been following closely, with concern, the historic crisis facing our nation and our community, due to the international COVID-19 Corona virus pandemic.… Read the rest
Our Beloved Friends,
We’ve written many emails in the last two decades, but none like this. What should our tone be?? Somber, Calming, Ominous…none of the above?
We’ve chosen the Yiddish saying that’s been around awhile: Tracht gut v’zein gut. Think good and it will be good.… Read the rest
More than 130,000 confirmed cases. Nearly 5,000 deaths. Entire countries on lockdown. Sporadic access to testing. And no vaccine. Such headlines recall the outlandish scenarios of science-fiction paperbacks, but right now they represent reality as coronavirus grips the world.
Unfortunately, responses to the pandemic also seem lifted from the pages of a sensational novel.
