Daily Kavanah – Monday, December 5, 2022
If you ask any rabbi or cantor, they will tell you that one of the most gratifying parts of their jobs is [...]
Daily Kavanah – Friday, December 2, 2022
.וַיִּירָא֙ וַיֹּאמַ֔ר מַה־נּוֹרָ֖א הַמָּק֣וֹם הַזֶּ֑ה אֵ֣ין זֶ֗ה כִּ֚י אִם־בֵּ֣ית אֱלֹהִ֔ים וְזֶ֖ה שַׁ֥עַר הַשָּׁמָֽיִם Filled with reverence he [Jacob] said, "How awesome is [...]
Daily Kavanah – Thursday, December 1, 2022
Why Israel? Why synagogues? Why Jewish life celebrations such as baby namings, B'nai Mitzvah, weddings? In "Fiddler on the Roof," Tevye famously said: "Tradition!" To [...]
Daily Kavanah – Wednesday, November 30, 2022
What makes you Jewish? My friend, Rabbi Adam Naftalin-Kelman (Hillel Director at the University of California, Berkeley) said that the Jews are [...]
Daily Kavanah – Tuesday, November 29, 2022
What makes you Jewish? The painful reality of antisemitism is that it often pushes Jews inward. That is, when we feel threatened, [...]
Daily Kavanah – Monday, November 28, 2022
As I recently walked with my friend, Rabbi Adam Naftalin-Kelman—the Hillel Director at the University of California, Berkeley—we processed the challenges of [...]
Daily Kavanah – Friday, November 25, 2022
The Injustice of Thanksgiving If you’ve kept up with the headlines this week, you might be tempted to question life’s fairness: a [...]
Daily Kavanah – Thursday, November 24, 2022: Happy Thanksgiving!
Happy Thanksgiving! This week's Daily Kavanot have focused upon Jewish themes of gratitude that may help inform the contemporary Thanksgiving celebration. In [...]
Daily Kavanah – Wednesday, November 23, 2022
With Thanksgiving approaching, this week’s Daily Kavanot will focus upon Jewish themes of gratitude that may help inform the contemporary Thanksgiving celebration. [...]
Daily Kavanah – Tuesday, November 22, 2022
With Thanksgiving approaching, this week’s Daily Kavanot will focus upon Jewish themes of gratitude that may help inform the contemporary Thanksgiving celebration. [...]