Today’s “Band of Brothers”

May 31, 2007

During Memorial Day weekend, I had an opportunity to watch various episodes of “Band of Brothers,” based upon the experiences of the 101st Airborne “Easy Company,” from training to V-E Day.This series is one of the best dramatizations of what American soldiers experienced in the European Theater.
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Confirmation message: When two carts meet on a road …

May 14, 2007

Last Friday evening, we celebrated the Confirmation ceremony for this year’s junior ICSS class. The confirmands did a wonderful job, leading the service, reading and chanting from Torah and delivering a d’var Torah entitled “I am a Reform Jew because…”

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