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A Shul Hopper’s Thought On The High Holidays

A Shul Hopper’s Thought On The High Holidays
By Joe Winkler October 4, 2011

As we encounter this month of Elul and the High Holidays, the end/beginning of the Jewish year, this path of ease and comfort begins to fade as the mood of the calendar brings us face to face with our beliefs. Read More

Days Of Awe(some) Books: A High Holiday Reading List

Days Of Awe(some) Books: A High Holiday Reading List
By Joe Winkler September 26, 2011

David Foster Wallace, Moby-Dick, and of course some Kafka: This ain’t your typical Rosh Hashanah to Yom Kippur reading list. Read More

Shul Hopping: Reconstructing Ideas About Reconstructionist Judaism

Shul Hopping: Reconstructing Ideas About Reconstructionist Judaism
By Joe Winkler September 12, 2011

Of all the shul hopping adventures, my foray into the world of Reconstructionist Judaism felt the most foreign. Read More

Shul Hopping: Wailing At The Wall

Shul Hopping: Wailing At The Wall
By Joe Winkler August 30, 2011

If you’re gonna shul hop, sooner or later you have to go to the O.G. Read More

Shul Hopping #5: Getting Conservative

Shul Hopping #5: Getting Conservative
By Joe Winkler August 18, 2011

Believing I had taken premature swipes at the Conservative service, I chose a Conservative synagogue known for its younger, more spiritual, livelier crowd for this week’s shul hop. Read More

Freud In Narnia

Freud In Narnia
By Joe Winkler August 4, 2011

What happens when Freud talks to CS Lewis? Read More

Shul Hopping: Synagogues Of The Bourgeois

Shul Hopping: Synagogues Of The Bourgeois
By Joe Winkler August 3, 2011

When a synagogue looks like it’s fit for a king, it might not be good for shul hopping. Read More

Shul Hopping #3: Rolling With The Hasids

Shul Hopping #3: Rolling With The Hasids
By Joe Winkler July 27, 2011

For this week’s shul hop, after the calm of the wilderness I sought out the controlled chaos of a Chasidic shul. Read More

Shul Hopping #2: Lost In The Woods

Shul Hopping #2: Lost In The Woods
By Joe Winkler July 20, 2011

If you want to remove technology from your life for Shabbat, what better place than the woods? Read More

Shul Hopping #1: Return To Young Israel Of Flatbush

Shul Hopping #1: Return To Young Israel Of Flatbush
By Joe Winkler July 12, 2011

If you’re going to try and experience as many different Jewish communities as possible, you should probably go home first. Read More