AAC Blogs

Preoccupations  By Meredith Ludwig As per Joel’s blog post challenge “what do you miss”, I miss being able to share stories about how our children and siblings are doing. I have learned more about families by attending online minyanim in the morning, such as whose children are here, who is traveling back to the states from far-flung countries, and how people stay in touch. This is valuable to maintain perspective. When you are alone...Read more...

   Among all the unusual practices we are to encounter over the next weeks (or months) is the way we conduct our daily minyan. Usually an intimate group of 10 or so congregants gather in the Flax Chapel. Maintaining social distancing renders that impossible.     Ironically, this week’s parsha is VaYakhel, which begins: "Moshe gathered all the congregation of Israel.” While gathering physically is not possible these...Read more...