The holiday of Shavuot begins the evening of May 16 and ends on the evening of May 18. Shavuot is the Hebrew word for “weeks” because the holiday occurs seven weeks after Passover.

In the moving film about Colorado’s famous autistic environmentalist and animal rights activist, Temple Grandin, the final quote is: "A door opened and I went through it."

"Through closed eyes/in a meditative/state/I hear the bird."

A message to the community, post-Shavous.

Judge Sandy Brook will present vignettes from a play about Clarence Darrow interspersed with a discussion of Darrow’s impact on social issues on Tuesday, May 14.