by mussar | Aug 3, 2021 | August, CCM Practice Lab, Dr. Beulah Trey, Newsletter
What is the Practice Lab? The Practice Lab will be a “Zoom place” for our community to meet and enrich our Mussar practice. Together, we’ll create a sacred space once a month to explore any and all questions. We imagine an open, creative curriculum, guided by the...
by mussar | Aug 3, 2021 | August, Message from the Leadership, Newsletter
It’s hard to believe Elul begins early next week. Even though this is one of those years where the High Holy Days do fall early (Erev Rosh HaShanah is September 6th), noting our amazement at the seemingly sudden onset of the New Year is still a classic Jewish trope....
by mussar | Aug 3, 2021 | August, Message from the Chair, Newsletter
As the sun starts rising later in the morning, enabling me to awaken early enough to catch it on the beach when I am there, it also gives me the bittersweet reminder that summer is coming to a close. I hope you are enjoying your summer; maybe you are catching up on...
by mussar | Jun 3, 2021 | June/July, Newsletter
Our Vaad By Sonia Voynow Aristotle has said that the whole is much more than the sum of its parts. And when I think about our wonderful va’ad, I am struck by the truth of that statement. Our six va’ad members brought with them a remarkable array of gifts, including...
by mussar | Jun 3, 2021 | June/July, Newsletter
Introducing Va’ad haMaggidot By Herb Levine At CCM’s first-ever Community Graduation on June 13, you will meet four incredible women, all of them Jewish teachers and story-tellers; hence their name the Maggidot. Those who attended our tribute to Mindy Shapiro saw them...