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Board Member Does Mitzvot

by | Jun 22, 2018 | Synagogue in Calabria

Felicia Capozzoli –  Sinagoga Board Member and Advisor for Tikkun Olam and Youth Activities put doing “Mitzvot” into action with a fund raising project in honor and memory of her beloved grandmother. We here at Sinagoga Ner Tamid del Sud in Calabria, Italy...
TorahNator

TorahNator

by | Feb 5, 2017 | Rabbi Barbara Aiello, Synagogue in Calabria

Thanks to the “TorahNator”  Seniors Access Shabbat Services   “I’m calling it the TorahNator,” said a smiling Dr. Sanford Stone.  “The minute I saw it I knew it was something special.” And special it is. For many years I have had the honor and...
Traveling Torahs

Traveling Torahs

by | Jul 5, 2016 | Synagogue in Calabria

An Update on Italy’s Traveling TorahsTorah on a Train…Torah on a Plane…Torah on a Boat…Torah in a Tote Since 2004 when I arrived here in Italy my life has been a collection of “firsts.”  First modern pluralistic rabbi in Italy, first woman rabbi in Italy, officiating...

Get Out of Shul Free Card

by | Jan 5, 2016 | Synagogue in Calabria

“Get Out of Shul Free” Card – A Shabbat Idea Whose Time Has Come:  Almost all of us have played Monopoly so we know how lucky it is to pick the, Get Out of Jail Free card.  You stash it away knowing that it’s sure to come in handy some time soon. The Get Out of...

Kipah-Minded

by | May 16, 2013 | Synagogue in Calabria

It is springtime now and summer is coming. Vacations are on our minds and these are the days for dreaming big and making plans. Where to go? What to take? That’s what I was thinking about when a congregant asked, “But rabbi, when you are on your vacation will you wear...

Italian Religious Diversity

by | Mar 1, 2016 | Synagogue in Calabria

A Large Catholic Parish and a Tiny Synagogue Build Bridges Upon Italian Religious Diversity of Understanding In the “Toe” of the Italian “Boot!” The knock at the door was so soft that I almost ignored it.  After all, the wind had been blowing hard in our mountain...