October 2, 2019
October 2, 2019
Dear Melissa, Monday marked the first day of the Jewish calendar year. It also launched the beginning of a ten-day period set aside for us to see the world through the
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September 25, 2019
September 25, 2019
Dear Friends, In this week’s Torah portion, our ancestors stand as a united assembly ready to receive the final words of Moses. As Moses looks out over the thousands of
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September 18, 2019
Dear Friends, The Hebrew translation of the phrase, “I am sorry,” is selicha. It is a concept that weighs heavy on our minds during this season. As we begin to
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September 11, 2019
Dear Friends, “The opposite of love is not hate. The opposite of love is indifference” Eli Wiesel In this week’s Torah portion, we read a powerful commandment from the Book
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September 4, 2019
Dear Friends, Sunday was the first day of the Hebrew month of Elul. While this day may have come and gone with little recognition for its Jewish significance, the first day
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August 28, 2019
Dear Friends, Labor Day is a national holiday held every year on the first Monday in September. For most of us, this holiday is observed as a day for shopping
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August 21, 2019
Dear Friends, On this Sabbath – in congregations all over the world – we read that – Moses addresses the community with the following words: Circumcise the foreskin of your
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August 14, 2019
Dear Friends, In our Torah portion this week, we read the Shema, the quintessential expression of the Jewish faith in God. This year, this portion has an added level of
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August 7, 2019
Dear Friends, This past weekend, I had the privilege of joining an amazing group of teens from the Holy Land (the preferred term used by the participants of Peace Camp).
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July 31, 2019
Dear Friends, Since the earliest of times, Judaism has considered the cycles of the moon as a sacred indicator of time. For our ancestors, the lunar cycle was the primary
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