Ellen Dannin, our once and now-current member, is back to Ann Arbor from State College, Pennsylvania. She writes:
I first joined the Reconstructionist movement as a member of Congregation T’chiyah in Detroit (and was also then a member of the National Havurah movement). Over the years, and many moves, I have been a member of Reconstructionist congregations of Dor Hadash in San Diego, the Ann Arbor Reconstructionist Havurah, and now back to Ann Arbor after a stint in State College, PA. For many years, I’ve written liturgy, divrei Torah, rituals, and other work focused on Judaism. A year ago, I gave myself a challenge of searching for water in each week’s parasha. I figured that the story of people traveling around a dry area of the world was unlikely to have water as a theme. Little did I know that water in some form existed in almost every week.
In my non-Jewish life, I have taught labor and employment law at various schools and write on privatization, including infrastructure privatization.
I am so happy to be back in Ann Arbor and to reconnect with friends and make new ones.
