Daily Kavanah – Friday, June 14, 2024
Recited in our homes as we welcome Shabbat, on our bimah at b'nai mitzvah and holidays – the Priestly Benediction is right there [...]
Daily Kavanah – Thursday, June 13, 2024
The People Shine I first met Yuvi Tashomi when she came to the U.S. to speak at Wise. Her organization, Friends by Nature, seeks [...]
Daily Kavanah – Wednesday, June 12, 2024
Jewish Life in Darkened Times I sat with Israeli Reform rabbis at Beit Daniel in Tel Aviv. I thought I was there [...]
Daily Kavanah – Tuesday, June 11, 2024
The Hostages and Fallen Soldiers—A Nation’s Determination My dearest friend (American born, current resident and citizen of Israel) and I made the [...]
Daily Kavanah – Monday, June 10, 2024
I was raised on Israel. My parents held Israel Emergency campaigns in our living room. My first trips overseas with my family [...]
Daily Kavanah – Friday, June 7, 2024
For more than 25 years, the Tel Aviv Pride Parade has brought together people from all over the world in a demonstration of [...]
Daily Kavanah – Thursday, June 6, 2024
הוֹד֣וּ לַיהֹוָ֣ה כִּי־ט֑וֹב כִּ֖י לְעוֹלָ֣ם חַסְדּֽוֹ׃Praise God, for God is goodness. God’s steadfast love is everlasting(Psalm 118:1)Early next week, we will chant Hallel–psalms of [...]
Daily Kavanah – Wednesday, June 5, 2024
אִֽם־אֶשְׁכָּחֵ֥ךְ יְֽרוּשָׁלָ֗͏ִם תִּשְׁכַּ֥ח יְמִינִֽי׃If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget its skill (Psalm 137:5).Today is Yom Yerushalayim, one of the four [...]
Daily Kavanah – Tuesday, June 4, 2024
Last Thursday, Rabbi Yoshi and I led our last weekday morning service of the year with the fifth and sixth graders in Wise [...]
Daily Kavanah – Monday, June 3, 2024
Yesterday, I played the Fiddler on the Roof soundtrack in the car with Ruby for the first time. I was pleased to discover that [...]