AJC presents Advocacy Anywhere
Over the next several weeks, our partners at American Jewish Committee are presenting Advocacy Anywhere, a series of webinars featuring impressive, high profile [...]
Daily Kavanah – Friday, April 24, 2020
“To know God is to know what must be done.” Emmanuel Levinas (1906-1995) For Emmanuel Levinas, one of the most important Jewish philosophers [...]
Daily Kavanah – Thursday, April 23, 2020
:בְּיָדו אַפְקִיד רוּחִי. בְּעֵת אִישָׁן וְאָעִירָה :וְעִם רוּחִי גְּוִיָּתִי. ה' לִי וְלא אִירָא “Into God’s hand, I safeguard my spirit/when I sleep and [...]
Search for Meaning with Ariela Zweiback and Rabbi Yoshi
As part of an ongoing quarantine-inspired series, Rabbi Yoshi searches for meaning with members of his own family. This week's guest is his [...]
Daily Kavanah – Wednesday, April 22, 2020
“To be a Jew is to be an agent of hope in a world serially threatened by despair. Every ritual, every mitzvah, every [...]
Daily Kavanah – Tuesday, April 21, 2020
“It's really a wonder that I haven't dropped all my ideals, because they seem so absurd and impossible to carry out. Yet I [...]
Daily Kavanah – Monday, April 20, 2020
“Everything can be taken from a [person] but one thing: the last of the human freedoms—to choose one’s attitude in any given set [...]
D’var Torah by Wise Board Member Susan Berger
Wise Board Member Susan Berger offered a beautiful D’var Torah at the most recent Board meeting. We were all so moved by her [...]
Daily Kavanah – Friday, April 17, 2020
According to urban legend, Ernest Hemingway was once challenged to write a story in only six words. His response? “For sale: baby shoes, [...]
Search for Meaning with Isa Zweiback and Rabbi Yoshi
In the first of a series, Rabbi Yoshi searches for meaning with members of his own family. His first guest is his daughter [...]