Going Up!

June 2019 - Iyyar/Sivan 5779

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Going Up

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Pray For Peace

Dear Friends,

The first time I went up to Jerusalem I was 16 years old. The Christian leader of a group of faithful believers from the kibbutz I was living on for the summer took me on my first pilgrimage. Our first stop was inside the Jaffa gate toward the Armenian quarter to visit a potter named Vic. Since then whenever I come up to Jerusalem Vics shop is my first stop. I can order a custom made tile and it will be ready for me before I leave the old city. This trip was no exception. When I entered the shop I was greeted warmly and although I don’t think he remembered me I reminded VIC that I’ve been visiting for more than 40 years. Today his son and grandson are running the shop and three generations of artists create lasting memories for those visiting a Jerusalem. It’s a familiar and warm way to begin my adventures in all four corners of the old city! The light that fills my heart from that familiar journey up will certainly abide with me until the next time I go up.

Sending love and tidings from Israel and prayers for peace for the world!

Namaste,

Reb Lisa

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Israel: My Foundation of Faith

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Poetry Corner

Going Up by Lisa Levine

They call it going up

Not only because

Jerusalem is built on hilltops

Also because as I ascend

I feel my spirit rising too

It is Deja Vu

Like I know the way

The spirits of my ancestors

The angels of peace

Are guiding me

And the angels of war

Are chanting no more

Shouting

Peace to this land

Shalom to this holy city

I’m on bus 904

I notice the signs both

In Arabic and Hebrew

Just like the USA

English and Spanish

So why not the Palestinian

People

Live side by side

With their Israeli neighbors?

Going up

It means rising above

Connecting with the Higher

One God

Abraham Muhammad Jesus

Connected and diverse

Messengers of the Word

Purveyors of Peace

Shalom

Salaam

Peace

Going up

Way up

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June 6th 2:00 p.m.

4th Annual Poetry Corner

Medstar Georgetown University Hospital Chapel

December 2019

Yoga Shalom

URJ Biennial

Chicago, IL

January 24-Feb 2

Seaside Mission to Cuba

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SEASIDE JEWISH COMMUNITY NEWS & NOTES

Final Day of Seaside Religious School. What a great year!

Seaside Jewish Community Website

Seaside Bar Mitzvah Ben Barwick leads us in Prayer and Torah! Mazal Tov Ben!

May Highlights!

Rabbi Joseph Telushkin Keynote Speaker

National Association of Jewish Chaplains

An honor to meet and learn from him!

Music and Chaplaincy Workshop

NAJC Chaplains Conference

An honor to lead Shabbat Services with Rabbi Sue Levi Elwell and Rabbi Ilan Glaser at WRJ Social Justice Conference and with Julie Silver a giant of Jewish Music!

A very special Interfaith Holocaust Service at MCC Rohoboth

Community Choir joins together in Song We Remember!

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Yoga Shalom class at The Way Inn Sfat Israel! Way UP!!

Sunset Tel Aviv, Israel.

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