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When leaders of the past pass away, it reminds us of the passage of time.
The death of Walter Mondale had me first saying, “That was a long time ago when he was vice president, and when he ran for president.” It is impossible to talk about our memories of
Temple Israel hosts Zoom talk with Rabbi Mikie Goldstein
Rabbi Mikie Goldstein
Temple Israel is proud to host a Zoom talk from Rabbi Mikie Goldstein, titled Halachic Challenges and Responses for LGBT People in the 21st Century on Sunday, May 2, at 10 a.m. The Zoom meeting ID is 830 4261 6327, and the passcode is B8ieDz.
Rabbi Mikie Goldstein is originally from Liverpool, UK, and made aliyah in 1989. He received his rabbinic ordination in 2014 from the Jewish Theological Seminary in New York, returning immediately to Israel to fill the position of rabbi at Adat Shalom-Emanuel, the Masorti congregation in Rehovot of which he had previously been a member.
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April 26, 2021
The ashes came to my home in Maryland from Southern California, shipped via special delivery by the aptly named funeral home Ashes to Ashes. They arrived encased in a rectangular, polished, dark wood box about the size of a loaf of artisan bread. I immediately opened it to make sure it was not empty. It was not.
The child I loved, worried about and cried over for more than 54 years was physically reduced to a powdery dark gray substance. I was reminded of a fine black sand beach.
How could this be my Brady? But it was.
Brady had died three weeks earlier. Cancer killed him following a three-year struggle. In accordance with his request, he was cremated rather than buried, the customary bodily disposal route for Jews, even secular ones.