Month: September 2015

She’s always smiling, pouring coffee, bringing the dijon mustard before the regular

Lynne Golodner September 15, 2015

A thousand people stood in the cavernous sanctuary, silent, facing the Israeli

Lynne Golodner September 14, 2015

Sundown tonight beckons the Jewish new year, 5776. My brethren and I

Lynne Golodner September 13, 2015

The Detroit River was like glass last night as the bright late-day

Lynne Golodner September 11, 2015

Night was falling all around us in blues and dusks, as I

Lynne Golodner September 10, 2015

Shaya melted into the warm embraces and back-pats of his classmates, now

Lynne Golodner September 8, 2015

It was almost midnight as the rabbis picked up the Torahs

Lynne Golodner September 7, 2015

It was late at night, so dark that it felt as if

Lynne Golodner September 6, 2015

We sat in the newly renovated sanctuary on Beth Ahm synagogue today,

Lynne Golodner September 5, 2015

I didn’t mean to let it happen. This falling out of routine

Lynne Golodner September 4, 2015