What Are All These Dots, Then? Part 3. Originally Published February 21-22, 2020.
Well. We have pierced enough letters with dagesh kal and hazak. But we still see dots before our eyes! Last week we mentioned the schwa. As Mrs. Gallagher taught us in fourth grade and our parents before us, a schwa is written thus: ǝ. Did she know that the original word is שְׁוָא which derives […]
02/20/2020: AntiRacism Book Club
If you have any questions, please reach out to jmarkiz@bethshalompgh.org Read through the current chapters (mentioned above) to join the discussion!
03/04/2020: Derekh Speaker Series 2020: Yousef Bashir
This series of talks by four authors from across the country is made available through the Jewish Book Council and funded by Seth Glick and Carolyn Slayton. Yousef Bashir, The Words of My Father - March 4 at 7:30 p.m. A Palestinian-American activist recalls his adolescence in Gaza during the Second Intifada, and how he […]