by Joe Massucci | Jul 27, 2020 | Blog
We approach the lowest point on the Jewish liturgical calendar, the holiday that commemorates the destruction of the First and Second Temples. But, The L’Chaim Center has a plan for dealing with both COVID-19 and Tisha B’Av called Zoom. Resiliency is our...
by Stephanie Johnson | Sep 23, 2019 | Blog
Christ Church Presbyterian in Bellaire has kindly welcomed The L’Chaim Center for the High Holiday Services. Ours isn’t the only community service project in which they participate. The church also houses an ongoing sack-lunch program for the homeless....
by Stephanie Johnson | Sep 22, 2019 | Blog
Houston Animal Rescuer Alaina Rosenblatt says there’s a reason to celebrate the beloved pet you will mourn at Rabbi Greene’s Yizkor Memorial Healing Service on Yom Kippur: They healed you. “I have my own theory on why animals come and go in our...
by Stephanie Johnson | Sep 5, 2018 | Blog
Right after the sound of the Shofar ended Rabbi Marcy Greene’s Yom Kippur service on Sept. 30, 2017, she found out she had breast cancer again. Only it wasn’t a relapse. Nine years after doctors at M.D. Anderson Cancer Center vanquished her Stage IV...
by Stephanie Johnson | Sep 5, 2017 | Blog
One of the reasons for changing a Hebrew name in a time of illness is to confuse the Malach Hamavet, the angel of death. If the angel of death doesn’t know your new name, the Malach Hamavet can’t find you, right? Additionally, as long as nobody knows your...
