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 [...]
For more than 25 years, the Tel Aviv Pride Parade has brought together people from all over the world in a demonstration of [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Last Thursday, Rabbi Yoshi and I led our last weekday morning service of the year with the fifth and sixth graders in Wise [...]
Yesterday, I played the Fiddler on the Roof soundtrack in the car with Ruby for the first time. I was pleased to discover that [...]
“If you follow My laws and faithfully observe My commandments, I will grant your rains in their season, so that the earth shall [...]
Many years ago, I had the great honor of 4 days of small-group learning with Yossi Klein-HaLevi, the activist-journalist whose current podcast on the [...]
I recently watched two different Israeli television series set in contemporary Israel, though all set well before October 7. In classic Israeli television [...]
One of my own reactions to October 7 and its aftermath has been an almost obsessive need to connect with Israeli culture and [...]
In stark contrast to the somber music and scrolling names which overtakes the Israeli airwaves (TV and radio) over the 24 hours of Yom [...]