Weaving Heritages and Finding Hope Through Difference and Change
Posted by Adam Ryan Chang & Stephanie Wildman on 11/5/2024 to
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Change
can be scary. Moving day is right up there with death on the list of high
stress situations that we as humans encounter. In these times of political
division, Miri’s Moving Day presents a reminder that our strength as a
community comes
Thank You, Rabbi Isaac Mayer Wise
Posted by Geri Kolesar on 8/15/2023 to
Meet a Kar-Ben Author
Growing up, being Jewish meant simply saying I was Jewish. But somewhere along the line, I started feeling Jewish. And that somewhere was in the historic Plum Street Temple, one of Rabbi Isaac Mayer Wise’s dreams come true.
A Cemetery Wedding During a Pandemic- As Told by Puppets!
Posted by Ben Gown on 10/17/2022 to
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Today’s blog post is by Ben Gown, producer of the family-friendly musical puppet show, The Girl and the Water Carrier , based on the Kar-Ben book, The Wedding That Saved A Town . Welcome, Ben!
As the producer of the
Dreaming at Sea
Posted by Anna Burnstein Gilette on 5/27/2021 to
Life Events
37 Days at Sea: Aboard the M.S. St. Louis, 1939 tells the story of Jewish passengers aboard the luxury ship, The M.S. St. Louis, fleeing Nazi Germany. The story, told from the perspective of twelve-year-old Ruthie Arons, is written in prose that captures the fragility of her family’s limbo, Ruthie is both a playful child and a keen observer of the shifting dynamics of the larger world around her....