The Hadley Fund is inviting area residents to a free screening of a documentary film that focuses on the poignant story of a songwriter’s battle with mental illness. “Pack Up Your Sorrows: A Story of Illness, Hope & Transformation” will be shown on Saturday, Nov. 19, at 2 p.m. at Sykes Theater at West Chester University. The film chronicles the story of ...
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Rabbinic Reflections: Internally ever after
Posted by Rabbi Jeremy Winaker on November 13th, 2016
I planned to write about the Cubs winning the World Series. Rabbi Solomon Schechter, the second president of The Jewish Theological Seminary of America, from which I am ordained, famously said, “Gentleman, in order to succeed in the American rabbinate, you must be able to talk baseball.” Indeed, the 108-year wait to win a World Series had taken on messianic ...