Posted on 03/27/2005 1:41:20 PM PST by Mike10542
Happy Easter to all from a close Jewish friend! My mom is Christan, but my dad is Jewish. He had the last say to bring us up Jewish, but we celebrate Christmas and and Easter. Point being, mny family is a perfect examples of the closeness between Jews and Christians. We are all of the same line and may we grow closer during these troubled times. May G-D bless you all and once again have a Happy Easter!
My wife was Organist-Director of Music from 1984-2001 here:
Here's a little background on our association with the Temple;
Back in 1984, when we met & married, she was the Organist/Choir Director at St. Mark's Episcopal, which is a block away from the Temple. Both institutions have enjoyed a long history of fellowship; they were built in the 1880's, and the first organist at St. Mark's, Guy Hackett, was also the Temple's first organist.
Right before we married, the Temple's President, Phil Salkin, wanders into the office and mentions that "their organist just retired, how'd you like another job whose hours won't conflict with the ones here?"
( Phil was an old friend of her family's, and mine, from way back... )
She thought it sounded interesting, accepted, and indeed we cut our honeymoon short so she could return for her debut there.
The next year she convinced her choir ( I was a member, naturally ) that singing for the High Holy Days would be a challenging & interesting thing to do, and the St. Mark's Choir has done so every year since. This will be the first year she misses, I'm not sure what, if anything, the choir will do in her absence.
Her resignation last week (2001) was a source of considerable grief; we've enjoyed a long & very congenial relationship with the Temple, indeed last year the Sisterhood inducted her as a member, much to her delight.
Thank You. This has always been my favorite Holy Day.
I know I don't do things the truly "religious" way, but we enjoy the spirit of the seasons. Thanks for your post. It has been a bleak day, it was nice to see something pleasant on here today.
Thanks, Mike, happy Easter to you and your Family.
Best wishes to you and yours.
Point being, mny family is a perfect examples of the closeness between Jews and Christians. We are all of the same line and may we grow closer during these troubled times.
You make an excellent point worth remembering and sometimes overlooked by many in our most secular world.
May God bless and keep you also Mike. Thank you for your greeting and I hope the week ahead finds you well and blessed by God.
What a wonderful thread to stumble upon! Thank you and happy Easter to you as well. I have been blessed to find myself in a part of the world with a large Jewish population this year, and I have met so many new Jewish friends.
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Happy Easter to you as well.
Thank you for the wishes, and the same back to you. May the Lord bless and keep us all in our extended family.
Happy Easter to you and yours.
BTTT! ...good post, Michael.
Thank you sincerely for the blessings of the Holy and True...
Thank you.
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