Daily Kavanah – Thursday, May 1, 2025
On this Yom HaAtzmaut, we mark 77 years since David Ben-Gurion stood in Tel Aviv and declared, “The State of Israel has [...]
Daily Kavanah – Wednesday, April 30, 2025
Each year, countless Jewish communities around the globe, including ours, read the Natan Alterman poem Magash HaKesef (The Silver Platter), as part of their Yom [...]
Daily Kavanah – Tuesday, April 29, 2025
Yom HaAtzmaut, Year 2 After October 7—A Reflection In the spirit and voice of Rabbi Sari Laufer For Passover, I wrote to you [...]
Daily Kavanah – Monday, April 28, 2025
Yom Ha’atzmaut: Hold Fast to Dreams Over the many trips I’ve taken to Israel throughout my lifetime—both long and short—a few experiences [...]
Daily Kavanah – Friday, April 25, 2025
On April 4, 1969, one year to the day after the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., a group of Jews [...]
Daily Kavanah – Thursday, April 24, 2025
Today is Yom HaShoah, Holocaust Remembrance Day. In Israel it is called Yom HaZikaron laShoah ve-laG’vurah, Day (of Remembrance of) the Holocaust and [...]
Daily Kavanah – Wednesday, April 23, 2025
Yom HaShoah, Holocaust Remembrance Day, is observed this Thursday, April 24. This week’s columns are about the Holocaust.Raoul Wallenberg—One of the Thirty-Six?It is [...]
Daily Kavanah – Tuesday, April 22, 2025
Yom HaShoah, Holocaust Remembrance Day, is observed this Thursday, April 24. This week’s columns are about the Holocaust. Simon Wiesenthal, Pursuing Justice and [...]
Daily Kavanah – Monday, April 21, 2025
Yom HaShoah, Holocaust Remembrance Day, is observed this Thursday, April 24. This week’s columns are about the Holocaust. Elie Wiesel: There are No [...]
Daily Kavanah – Saturday, April 19, 2025
Passover marks the beginning of a nation. Many nations emerge after a triumph in battle, a revolution, the conquest of a land, [...]