Friday Night Shabbat Service Rosemary Cunningham Spiritual explorer Rosemary Cunningham first learned about shabbat (the sabbath) by observing it with the children at the Jewish preschool where she was the only staff member who was not Jewish. Then her friend Rochelle invited her to the Friday services at Congregation B’nai Jeshurun, which often fill a nearby Methodist church as well. Since that night three years ago, says Rosemary, Friday night services have become “a vital part of the patchwork quilt of practices, Christian and Jewish, which connect me with God.” After a recent service, she filed this report. The security guard at the door inspects my handbag, then smiles and wishes me shabbat shalom (a peaceful Sabbath). I walk through the narrow lobby to the sanctuary, where I exchange ”shabbat shalom” with an usher as he hands me a flyer. I take a seat in one of the comfortable blue metal chairs that fill the ground floor in a semicircle broken by several aisles. I save a seat for...