by Richard Stromer | Sep 5, 2021 | Awe, High Holy Days, Judaism, Spiritual Development, Spirituality, Symbols and Symbolism, The Sacred
The blowing of the Shofar – a traditional instrument made from the horn of a ram — is one of the most ancient religious practices in the world, dating back to the earliest days of the Jewish People nearly two and half millennia ago. Hearing the Shofar is one of...
by Richard Stromer | Mar 29, 2021 | Christianity, Democracy, Easter, Judaism, Liberation, Passover, Rebirth, Renewal, Spring
Last Friday I marked an auspicious event. Having passed the two weeks following my second Covid vaccination, I was now deemed to have achieved the vaccine’s full protection. To celebrate what felt like a most special day, I did something I hadn’t done for over a year....
by Richard Stromer | Feb 24, 2021 | Judaism, Music, Tradition
Fiddler on the Roof premiered on the evening of September 22, 1964, at Broadway’s Imperial Theater. The original Broadway production was the first in history to surpass 3,000 performances and held the record for longest-running musical for nearly a decade. In the more...
by Richard Stromer | Nov 26, 2020 | Blessing, Buddhism, Christianity, Gratitude, Hinduism, Islam, Judaism, Religion, Thanksgiving
The practice of “blessing” is an important aspect of every major religious tradition as well as a variety of secular ones. That said, a case could be made that the giving and receiving of blessings has been part of the human experience since the beginning and is...
by Richard Stromer | Sep 20, 2020 | High Holy Days, Judaism, Spiritual Development, Symbols and Symbolism
The blowing of the Shofar during the Jewish High Holy Days is one of the most ancient religious practices in the world. Dating back to the earliest days of the Jewish People nearly 2,500 years ago, the piercing sound of the Shofar is simultaneously a cry for spiritual...
by Richard Stromer | May 31, 2020 | Judaism, Redemption, Tikkun Olam
The Jewish faith, like a number of religious traditions, teaches that our beliefs about the nature of God matter far less than how we treat our fellow creatures. For this reason, such traditions oblige their followers to do whatever they can to fight for greater...
