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IN THIS ISSUE OF BROTHERKEEPER ONLINE MAGAZINE: View Post Click here to read BrotherKeeper Online Magazine JMR33 In Photos We hope the exuberance of JMR33 and the relationships you made continue to inspire you day by day. Phil Wachsler, our JMR … Continued
IN THIS ISSUE OF BROTHERKEEPER: BrotherKeeper Online Magazine begins a new feature, My Jewish Journey, to highlight our brothers’ paths to their Jewish identity and practice. Not coincidentally, this is the theme for JMR33. Want to write about your … Continued
Read BrotherKeeper Magazine online FEATURES IN THIS ISSUE OF BROTHERKEEPER ONLINE MAGAZINE: • Sweet Memories of JMR32 (and JMR31 too): Phil Wachsler Photos • David Shaw’s Play Opens in New York City • Remembering Our Deceased JMR Brothers: Joe Brenner … Continued
What you will find in the June 11, 2023 Brother Keeper newsletter: 1. Remembering Our Deceased Brothers, 2. Update About JMR32 Planning, 3.Meet Your Menschwork Wisdom Council, 4.What Our Brothers Have to Say About Their MenschGroup Experience, 5. Artists Among … Continued
What’s in the January 2023 Brother Keeper newsletter? 1. Meet the JMR32 Co-chairs and planning team, 2. Reb Shawn Zevit Sings His Beautiful Song, Come Into My Garden, 3. Mensch Group Spends a Weekend Together, 4. JMR Founder’s Reflections, 5. Menschwork’s … Continued
Let’s Connect! State of the Spirit Winter 5781 (2020-21) State of the Spirit Winter 5781 Dear Brothers/Achim (אחים), We are clearly living in troubled times. Political, health, economic and personal strife abounds. And there is much cause for concern, wariness and … Continued
Passover is the story of our Resiliency as a Jewish people, retold as an example for us and all peoples today. Beginning with the first Seder this Wednesday evening, we gather, perhaps in a different form than in past years, to commemorate the Will to Continue that the exodus from Egypt exemplifies. Many of us may be experiencing a wide range of feelings. Perhaps our fears can be tempered by the many stories in our history of human beings, with the help of God, overcoming so many obstacles.
State of the Spirit – December 2019www.menschwork.orgHanukkah 2019/5780 Dear Brothers/Achim (אחים), December 21, 2019 will be the shortest day of the year. Isn’t it fitting that on the next night we light our first Hanukkah candle? With so much division … Continued
State of the Spirit – February 5, 2019 “They go from strength to strength.” Psalm 84. We in Menschwork interpret that phrase as “their spiritual course should gain in vigor.” Our last State of the Spirit spoke of our sadness … Continued
NOTE: On October 27 we were shocked and deeply saddened by the heinous attack on the congregations in Pittsburgh. Watch for details for a Menschwork ZOOM call where we can share our concerns and responses on Thursday November 15, 9-10pm. … Continued
State of the Spirit – January 30, 2018 Jewish Men’s Retreat UpdateSix years ago, Reb Zalman Schachter-Shalomi, z”l, spoke to the JMR20 group by video conference from Boulder on the Sunday morning of the retreat. When Zalman was asked about how we could … Continued