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April Message from the Chair, Nancy Axelrod

by mussar | Apr 1, 2021 | April, Message from the Chair, Newsletter

I don’t know about you, but in my family, it was always a struggle to get the kids to sit still through a meaningful seder, but I wanted to teach them the central message – that “In every generation we are obligated to see ourselves as though we personally had escaped...

March Message from the Chair, Nancy Axelrod

by mussar | Mar 9, 2021 | March, Message from the Chair, Newsletter

  I am so pleased to share a number of pieces of good news with the CCM community. First, we are excited to announce that Rabbi Joshua Boettiger will be joining us as Associate Rosh Yeshiva in July.   Rabbi Boettiger has been the Rabbi at Temple Emek Shalom...

January Message from the Chair, Nancy Axelrod

by mussar | Jan 6, 2021 | January, Message from the Chair, Newsletter

It will be a long time before the enormity of the year 2020 can be fully absorbed and integrated into our psyches, but from the vantage point of just a few days into the new calendar year, we can reflect on the highlights (yes there were some!) of the year, at least...

November Message from the Chair

by mussar | Nov 6, 2020 | Message from the Chair, Newsletter, November

As I write these words at the last minute before the newsletter deadline (I admit that I’ve been rather distracted by obsessing over election coverage), I am struck by how much I have called on Mussar over the past week. I continue to remind myself to look for the Tov...
October Message from the Chair: Nancy Axelrod

October Message from the Chair: Nancy Axelrod

by mussar | Oct 1, 2020 | Message from the Chair, Newsletter, October

I have a confession, not exactly a sin, but not something I’m not particularly proud of. It’s that I’m not very good with money. I don’t mean that I’m a reckless spender, I’m actually rather frugal; it’s just that I don’t understand things like monetary policy and the...

September Message from the Chair – Nancy Axelrod

by mussar | Sep 3, 2020 | Message from the Chair, Newsletter, September

This summer has been a time of awakening for so many of us. In the wake of the killings of George Floyd, Armaud Arbery, and countless others, as well as the Black Lives Matter protests that have propelled people across the globe to confront racism, I have been...
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