In Jerusalem, What Else Do You Do?
A poem by my friend and colleague, Rabbi Michael Latz: Tonight, on the way to visit a friend for dinner on Emek Refaim, we stopped to do a holy Jewish […]
A poem by my friend and colleague, Rabbi Michael Latz: Tonight, on the way to visit a friend for dinner on Emek Refaim, we stopped to do a holy Jewish […]
“You shall love the Eternal your God with all your heart, with all your soul and with all your might. Set these words upon your heart.” Why? Why does it say […]
58 parents receive these Parent Support Group emails almost every two weeks. And you are, to a person, caring, loving, responsible and incredible parents. Yet, some of you are fearful, full […]
Thank you to URJ president Rabbi Rick Jacobs, who on CNN shared that in his address to the leaders of the Presbyterian Church, he explained the pain their decision to divest from […]
Rabbi Jill Maderer’s Blessing to the Buerger Early Learning Center Graduates, Congregation Rodeph Shalom, 2014 (Inspired by this year’s Dr. Seuss week…) The sun did not shine, It was […]
Compelled by stories of catastrophe, novelist Karen Thomson Walker, recently (TED Talk) offered an interpretation of the story of the Whaleship Essex. In 1820, 3000 miles off the coast of […]
On this final day of the Omer as we enter Shavuot and read the Book of Ruth, we reflect upon her immigration into the land and people of Israel, the loving-kindness with […]
https://youtube.com/watch?v=Z7dLU6fk9QY%3Fenablejsapi%3D1%26wmode%3Dtransparent%26rel%3D0%26showinfo%3D0 This Tuesday evening-Wednesday, June 3-4, the counting of the Omer concludes and Shavuot arrives with our Shavuot Night of Study (7pm). For all of you who have been counting […]
You’ve heard the expression: “Stick your neck out?” What is the metaphor? We compare ourselves to what animal? I always thought it was giraffe. Long neck. I was wrong. To […]
“Wonder, rather than doubt, is the root of all knowledge,” taught Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel. As we count the Omer on this Shabbat, we dedicate ourselves to opening our eyes to […]