birthdaze

Mine is over yes, but there are still plenty of birthdays left to celebrate this month. Thank goodness for June. It allows me to tag along with all of the other June babies. Yesterday was cousin Rebecca's birthday. Her best friend, Sydney, is the rabbi at Temple Emanuel, my old haunts. Sydney hosted a gathering at her house post Shabbat Service. I made it to the service abut half way through - the place was packed, and it was just old foggies. There were plenty of young (30's) people there. It was a departure from my synagogue, as large as it is, where the average age of the attendee is probably 65 or 70. The ambiance is different to say the least. I really enjoyed the energy of Emanuel and made me wonder what we, Sinai, could do differently to get more young Jewish adults involved.

So we gathered at the Rebbe's (I suppose Rebbe could be both Rebecca and Rabbi). My cousin Josh was also there, which is why I realized that I could continue to share my birthday with my other Junies throughout the month. Josh, and his brother (my cousin) Gabe share the 17th. That takes the birthday celebration into full mid-month. Vince, my friend in LA is 6/21. Now I just need to find some folks at the very end of the month.