Daily Kavanah – Monday, January 8, 2024
This coming Thursday is Rosh Chodesh Sh’vat, the beginning of the Hebrew lunar month. This week, we’ll explore the history behind the [...]
This coming Thursday is Rosh Chodesh Sh’vat, the beginning of the Hebrew lunar month. This week, we’ll explore the history behind the [...]
I think I first learned about the Cambodian genocide when I was in elementary school, probably when I was in fourth grade, in [...]
While I remember much of a hullabaloo surrounding Y2K, I actually do not remember the front page of the newspaper on January 1, [...]
While I am not usually a follower of such things, a recent journey down a Google rabbit hole led me to learn that [...]
It does not always line up perfectly, but I love the symmetry of beginning a new book of Torah at the beginning [...]
When teaching the Jewish calendar, I always note that it is a bit of a mindbender to understand. From the time of the [...]
This is the last Shabbat of 2023. Most would agree that this has been the worst year for the Jewish People and for [...]
ogether we celebrated Rosh Hashana and the start of a new year three months ago, but the Mishnah actually specifies four different Jewish [...]
“And all who work with the community should labor with them for the sake of Heaven, for the merits of our ancestors sustain [...]
For several years now, I have been involved with an organization called Women Wage Peace, a group of Israeli/Jewish and Muslim/Palestinian mothers [...]