Congregation B'nai Israel

Havdalah in the Katz's Kitchen

This Shabbat morning is brought to you by our CBI Coastal community and is led by Rabbi Adam Greenwald, Amy Robinson Katz, and regulars from CBI Coastal. Everyone is invited to join us!

With gratitude to my teacher and mentor, Cantor Perryne Anker, I am honored to have the opportunity to produce this virtual choir piece for my 8-bar song, "Or C...hadash," with 28 vocalists from Academy of Jewish Religion CA and Loyola Marymount University. The video will be featured tomorrow night as part of the annual Kristallnacht program hosted by the Jewish Studies Department at Loyola Marymount University, in conjunction with AJRCA and Yad Vashem. If you tune in to the Kristallnacht program tomorrow night at 5PM, you will see a slightly expanded version of this project. Register here: https://lmula.zoom.us//tZYtcuupqjotHNK3JpmvmF2wLCpOAsJLJzT2

I was so honored when Cantor Perryne Anker invited me to produce this virtual choir piece for my 8-bar song, "Or Chadash," with 28 vocalists from Academy of Jew...ish Religion CA and Loyola Marymount University. The video will be featured tomorrow night as part of the annual Kristallnacht program hosted by the Jewish Studies Department at Loyola Marymount University, in conjunction with AJRCA and Yad Vashem. If you tune in to the Kristallnacht program tomorrow night at 5PM, you will see a slightly expanded version of this project. Register here: https://lmula.zoom.us//tZYtcuupqjotHNK3JpmvmF2wLCpOAsJLJzT2

As a young teen, I visited Rocky Point, Mexico with my father and brother. Among the most enduring memories was of the sight and howls of packs of dogs that roamed at night. I grew up with large dogs, who were loyal and dear to me. Here the dogs were menacing. In the Bible, dogs are usually presented in such fearsome terms. An example from Psalm 59:15-16: And they return toward evening, they howl like a dog and prowl the city; they wander for food; if not sated, they may not... sleep. Some in our tradition have read this Psalm as a protection from dogs. Psalm 59 is the third Psalm in a row linked to an event in David’s life: When Saul sent and they watched the house to kill him (verse 1). The reference is recorded in I Samuel 19. King Saul is crazy jealous over David’s popularity with the people as a great warrior. To lure David’s destruction, the King promises marriage to Michal, his daughter, if David can produce one hundred foreskins of the Philistine foe. David produces two hundred and marries the princess, who loves her husband greatly. In this moment, King Saul had sent troops to kill David in his home. Michal will use deception to enable her husband’s escape. Please come to learn the details of Michal’s ruse and to read an extended cry for help. See more

Abraham- Challenges God and Complies, Why and When the Difference- A Bibliodrama teaching by Rabbi Elie Spitz. https://youtu.be/eiHJ4gp52P8