Monthly Archives: February 2026

Small Town Jewish Life


In Bausman, Pennsylvania, just outside the town of Lancaster, there is a tiny little lamb tombstone with no name on it. The record of this is almost lost to time; there’s a small line about it in David Brenner’s The Jews of Lancaster, Pennsylvania: A Story with Two Beginnings. An infant was the first burial

About Brian

Brian Kresge

Brian Kresge

Writer, President of Bangor's Congregation Beth Israel, retired soldier, programmer, father, musician, Heeb, living in the woods of Maine with three ladies and a dog. Brian is also a rabbinical student with the Pluralistic Rabbinical Seminary.

About Leah

Leah Kresge

Leah Kresge

Director of Education for Congregation Beth Israel in Bangor, Maine, runs joint religious school with our sister congregation, special educator and former school board member, mother to Avi and Nezzie.

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