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TIME TRADE CIRCLE - A place to barter!

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A Wonderful Bat Mitzvah

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Yesterday I attended a Bat Mitzvah for my niece.  I woke up in time, buttoned my shirt , tried to remember how to tie a tie but had to find a tie clip, got my reading glasses and fancy Yarmulke.  The preparations took me back many years.  Old Memory participates in the reconstructed NEW from religious and family perspectives.  I met many family members whom I had never met before.  The most touching thing was that two of them remembered my father as their uncle.  They were the children of my Father’s sister.  Eva, the cousin we celebrated, performed each part with confidence and joy.  The event brought together a sharing and caring spirit for one another.   There was lots of good table talk at this Bat Mitzvah celebration.  The Reconstructionist approach of this temple made the temple services available through ZOOM. The rabbi and his staff had prepared the Bat Mitzvah girl and, in addition, made the younger generation an integral part of  the celebration.  Adaptations were undertake

Tamera - an inspirational community in Portugal

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 "If we want peace on Earth we have to find out what peace really means.  Can we imagine a world in which all people have enough food, in which rivers filled with clear water can freely meander, in which children trust adults again and where conflicts no longer lead to violence but are instead solved with intelligence and compassion? More than thirty years ago a team of pioneers around the psychoanalyst Dr. Dieter Duhm, the theologist Sabine Lichtenfels and the physicist Charly Rainer Ehrenpreis had the idea to develop as demonstrative, practical and convincing model for the future as possible. Tamera Peace Research Village in Portugal, with its international network, developed from this idea.  This book provides an insight into the current state of Tamera's work in three core areas:  permaculture and water landscape, solar technology and peace education." Duhn, Dieter Duhn, Dieter.  Terra Nova: Global Revolution and the Healing of Love.  Verlag Meiga, 2014