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“Song of the Mountains”
Brattleboro Area Jewish Community Congregation Shir Heharim
From the Union For Reform Judaism / Reform Movement
The Worst Ninety Minutes in Jewish History
The Worst Ninety Minutes in Jewish History jemerman January 14, 2022
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Eighty years ago on January 20, 1942, the infamous Wannsee Conference took place in a large lakeside three-story mansion in suburban Berlin. Fifteen Nazi German leaders attended the meeting that coordinated plans to "orderly execute" ---murder--- millions of Jews during World War II.
“Treat the Earth well. It was not given to you by your parents, it was loaned to you by your children”
“Treat the Earth well. It was not given to you by your parents, it was loaned to you by your children” jemerman January 11, 2022
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The upcoming holiday of Tu BiShvat -- the birthday of the trees - brings back a memory of the American Museum of Natural History in New York. In the museum is an enormous cross-section of a giant sequoia tree. Standing before it is a sublime experience. The cross-section overwhelms you with its sheer size, inspiring questions about the size of the tree it was cut from.