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OK, my Jewish friends, I think it's settled: it's perfectly fine.
It will no doubt be very sad, but I couldn't go into Rosh Hashana - my first without my dad - without at least visiting his resting place and doing some reflection.
Rachel, does your congregation collect donations for plants for the bimah on Yom Kippur, in memory of departed loved ones? Mine does, and I was wondering if yours does, too, then it may bring you additional peace to give a plant in your father's memory. (We also have flowering plants on the bimah for Rosh Hashana, but those are given to wish friends and loved ones a sweet new year.)
Rachel, does your congregation collect donations for plants for the bimah on Yom Kippur, in memory of departed loved ones? Mine does, and I was wondering if yours does, too, then it may bring you additional peace to give a plant in your father's memory. (We also have flowering plants on the bimah for Rosh Hashana, but those are given to wish friends and loved ones a sweet new year.)
That would be beautiful - to give a plant - but unfortunately we do not have that. We do however have a "Memorial Tree," a big brass plaque that hangs prominently on the wall, and I have donated this year to have an individual plaque inscribed in my father's memory. I will also have his name inscribed in the Yizkor book. (It will be so hard seeing his name.)
I am actively exploring other opportunities to make contributions that I know would be meaningful to Dad. I'm thinking the UJA, which he supported, but open to other suggestions. Doesn't have to be Jewish causes.
I would love to donate to CCNY, which provided his undergraduate education at no cost (used to be a free college, but very competitive), but he became very angry, justifiably so, when they wouldn't fire that anti-Semitic history professor who taught that Jews injected black babies with AIDS. Do you remember him? Jeffries, I think.
That would be beautiful - to give a plant - but unfortunately we do not have that. We do however have a "Memorial Tree," a big brass plaque that hangs prominently on the wall, and I have donated this year to have an individual plaque inscribed in my father's memory. I will also have his name inscribed in the Yizkor book. (It will be so hard seeing his name.)
I am actively exploring other opportunities to make contributions that I know would be meaningful to Dad. I'm thinking the UJA, which he supported, but open to other suggestions. Doesn't have to be Jewish causes.
Books have always been viewed by our people as being appropriate and worthy gifts. My public library has a memorial book donation program, and maybe yours might have one, too? One's donation goes towards the purchase of a new library book in memory of the loved one, and the subject matter of the book is chosen by the person making the donation. There is also a personalized memorial bookplate that goes inside the front cover of the book, and an acknowledgment appears in the library newsletter.
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I would love to donate to CCNY, which provided his undergraduate education at no cost (used to be a free college, but very competitive), but he became very angry, justifiably so, when they wouldn't fire that anti-Semitic history professor who taught that Jews injected black babies with AIDS. Do you remember him? Jeffries, I think.
Ohhh, I remember Jeffries all right. I was curious to see whether that crazy racist was still alive and, according to Wiki, he's alive, he's 82 years old, and he doesn't seem to be doing much of anything these days. It would be ironic if his old age health care needs are dependent on Jewish doctors.
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