Purim Party 2025 Another Purim Party in the books for The Friendship Circle! Thank you to everyone who joined us for our Purim Party — we had over 240 people in attendance! It was such a joy to celebrate together and see everyone having so much fun. From the photo booth, airbrush tattoos, and balloon artist to galaxy-in-a-jar crafts, cosmic… Read More
A WEEKLY TORAH THOUGHT FROM RABBI MORDY This week’s Parsha (Tetzave) has a unique feature: Moses’s name is not mentioned. It does refer to him, just not by name. Along these same lines, there are many underlying lessons in the Parsha, generally and specifically, that aren’t initially apparent. In one of those lessons, we are told of how the Menorah… Read More
Sunday Funday Another amazing Sunday Funday! Thank you FC friends for making another Sunday Funday special! With the sun out and a smile on everyone’s face, FC members jumped out of those winter blues and straight into Purim season. Starting with a fun game of Purim bingo and ending with yummy hamantaschen, there was plenty of fun for everyone! We… Read More
A WEEKLY TORAH THOUGHT FROM RABBI MORDY This week’s Parsha – Terumah – contains a lesson truly crucial to us as an organization. The Parsha begins, “V’yikchu li Terumah,” which literally translates to mean, “And they shall take to me (G-d) contributions.” I translate literally because this word is confusing. Take? Isn’t “give” the more appropriate term? There must be… Read More
FC Talks Yesterday, the Friendship Circle hosted an FC Talks panel discussion on Accessibility Within Healthcare, featuring experts and individuals with firsthand experience navigating the system. Our expert panelists included Dr. Josie Badger, Dr. Destin Groff, Heather Mallet, Libby Powers, and Dr. Laura Voigt, as well as moderator Liz Healy. The panelists shared their insights on improving accessibility within healthcare systems. Key topics… Read More
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October 24, 2025
Want to build an Ark? I Noah guy. Well, we’re right back at the beginning with the famous story of Russell Crowe, er, Noah’s Ark. It’s a wild ride (mind all the puns) marked by leads of corruption in this newly created world that needs to undergo a “cleansing,” or mass tragic flood that wipes out most of the population… Read More
October 17, 2025
A WEEKLY TORAH THOUGHT BY RABBI MORDY And so it begins. We concluded the Torah on Simchat Torah, this past Wednesday, with joy and singing and dancing, only to immediately turn around and begin again. The same but different cycle to be sure, the beauty found in seeking new meaning in the Parsha—we are have all changed from our internal… Read More
October 10, 2025
A WEEKLY TORAH THOUGHT BY RABBI MORDY This week, as mentioned last week, we don’t technically read a specific Parsha. We read a special reading from the Torah associated with Sukkot; on Wednesday, Simchat Torah, we will actually read the final portion (V’zot habracha). So I’m going to share a brief thought on Sukkot in that spirit. Sukkot is seriously… Read More
