John Oliver fails Natan Sharansky’s “3D Test”
by Rabbi Yoshi Zweiback Last week the comedian John Oliver devoted a segment of his HBO show to the Israel-Palestine conflict. He acknowledged [...]
Daily Kavanah – Wednesday, June 9, 2021
My father is a retired surgeon. Whenever he would hear about a fellow doctor opening a restaurant or some other, non healthcare related [...]
Daily Kavanah – Tuesday, June 8, 2021
The other day a friend of mine who lives on the East Coast reached out to me about a disturbing email exchange she [...]
Daily Kavanah – Monday, June 7, 2021
John Oliver fails Natan Sharansky's “3D Test” It’s painful when someone we are a fan of disappoints us in some way. Of course [...]
Daily Kavanah – Friday, June 4, 2021
וְשָׁמְר֥וּ בְנֵֽי־יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל אֶת־הַשַּׁבָּ֑ת לַעֲשׂ֧וֹת אֶת־הַשַּׁבָּ֛ת לְדֹרֹתָ֖ם בְּרִ֥ית עוֹלָֽם׃ בֵּינִ֗י וּבֵין֙ בְּנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל א֥וֹת הִ֖וא לְעֹלָ֑ם כִּי־שֵׁ֣שֶׁת יָמִ֗ים עָשָׂ֤ה יְהֹוָה֙ אֶת־הַשָּׁמַ֣יִם וְאֶת־הָאָ֔רֶץ וּבַיּוֹם֙ [...]
Daily Kavanah – Thursday, June 3, 2021
In 2011-2012, I spent my first year of cantorial school living in Jerusalem, which was undoubtedly the most magical and memorable year of [...]
Daily Kavanah – Wednesday, June 2, 2021
When I was eleven months old, my parents heard me singing along in the backseat of the car to Bobby McFerrin’s “Don’t [...]
Daily Kavanah – Tuesday, June 1, 2021
Rabbi Sari and I both recently attended a virtual course through the Hadar Institute (a wonderful egalitarian Jewish education organization) around themes of [...]
Daily Kavanah – Monday, May 31, 2021
Throughout our country today we commemorate Memorial Day, a day reserved to honor and grieve those who died while serving in the United [...]
Daily Kavanah – Friday, May 28, 2021
With the recently signed ceasefire tempering hostilities between Israel and Hamas, I decided to share some thoughts this week about organizations and experiences [...]