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Comments (0)By Stephanie Rosenau Walking into the synagogue in the Jewish section of Vienna, I noticed the beautiful blue vaulted ceiling, the dark wood that lined the walls and the sea of kippot in the men’s section below. It felt familiar, and it felt good to be in shul after an emotional week on a mission in Odessa, Ukraine with THE ASSOCIATED: Jewish Community Federation of Baltimore. My siddur was in German and Hebrew and I tried to compare the two languages to help me understand my bubbie’s first language, Yiddish. We chanted the morning service, listened to the Torah and enjoyed the barber shop-like quartet that complimented the chazan. In all, seven people from this mission participated in the service. One of the highlights of the service was when Rabbi Steven Fink of Oheb Shalom of Baltimore was given… read more
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