The L'Chaim Center is thrilled to reveal that leading Houston-based photographer, accomplished musician and educator Janice Rubin will co-lead Thanksgiving Healing Service 6:30 p.m. Friday night at Bayou Manor. Rubin is instrumental in creating innovative musical and family religious services at several congregations and is a 2008 graduate of the ...

Daniel Greene may not offer spiritual succor to his mother's ministry, but his music certainly brightens the lives of the 20-something crowd. VerseCity, his band, is featured on the front page of today's Houston Chronicle! They're #1 in Indonesia at the moment. Read more and listen to a song or two. ...

  The 27th Annual Houston Interfaith Thanksgiving Service is scheduled for 7 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 17  at the Rothko Chapel, 1409 Sul Ross at Yupon Street. Nine faith traditions will offer prayers and reflections on the theme, “The Challenge of Religion and Science”. L'Chaim Center Rabbis Marcy Greene and Michael Rascoe will repr ...

Please join Rabbi Greene for a free, ecumenical Thanksgiving Healing Service  6:30 p.m. this Friday, Nov. 18 at Bayou Manor, 4141 S. Braeswood. The uplifting service is for anyone in need of healing as well as family and friends. Rabbi Greene is a Stage IV breast cancer survivor who's walking the talk she's offering. Download brochure (PDF) ...

Just back from a presentation by author Amy Ephron, whose recent book, Loose Diamonds...and other things I've lost (and found) along the way, was featured at this year's Jewish Community Festival Book Fair. Spiritualfirstaid.org sponsored a table outside the auditorium where Ephron spoke. What she talked about was the importance and value of sayin ...

Names mean a lot to Jews. They reflect the essence of who you are. Jews almost always are named after an ancestor in the hope they will embrace the positive values that person represented in life. Converts to Judaism select Hebrew names for similar reasons. What many Jews don't know, is they, too can pick new names in the event of illness. Hebrew ...

So it's not Jewish. It works for us. wikihow.com has a few thoughts on how to stay out of "hyper-sensitive" mode. Pointers to consider before you head to court, a divorce attorney, the hospital, pick your crisis!  ...

What happens to a Stage IV breast-cancer survivor who's beaten all of the odds? Rabbi Greene has a pretty good idea. Twice a month, she drives to M.D. Anderson for another dose of herceptin. Why? With the cancer in abeyance, Rabbi is now an official guinea pig who hopes to help other future survivors of the disease. Her choice? Continue herceptin ...

Inspiration takes many forms. Not being rabbinical, I'm hardly above web-surfing for my gems of wisdom, which Google considerately dishes up in the form of occasional Bible quotes, Chicken Soup stories, inspirational sagas, and ideas from random sources. Looking for enlightenment in all the wrong places, I found this lovely story in a book about Je ...

Salon.com writer/blogger Mary Elizabeth Williams has cancer. Breast cancer. She's chronicled the horrific trials and tribulations cancer patients suffer in order to heal. On Dec. 18, she wrote of the "post-surgery secret your doctors won't share." The trauma? This time, it's mental. The Center for Integrative Medicine says surgery's potential for ...