Daily Kavanah – Monday, September 5, 2022
In honor of this Labor Day week, here are some reflections on the history of the labor movement, and Jewish heroes who [...]
In honor of this Labor Day week, here are some reflections on the history of the labor movement, and Jewish heroes who [...]
For me, the best part of running is the feeling you experience when you’re done. There are moments in the "going" that [...]
"We all worship the same God." While that aphorism bears a lovely sentiment that conveys only the best intentions, when we say [...]
For a while, in exasperation after my teenage opposition, my father would say, "Just do it because I said so!" As parents, [...]
It has been said, mostly by critics of Judaism, that the God of the Hebrew Bible is a vengeful God. Unfortunately, that anti-Jewish [...]
One of the most beautiful and steamy love poems appears in the Hebrew Bible. No doubt, some of you have words from [...]
We’ve reached cruising altitude. I'm above the clouds, looking down on earth from 30,000 feet. My daughter is sitting beside me, her [...]
Yesterday in 2006, the International Astronomical Union published its newest definition of a planet, stipulating that planets (1) orbit a star, (2) [...]
As Rabbi Stern alluded to on Monday, our tradition understands that life—and the calendar—is filled with new beginnings; in fact, the rabbis of [...]
The Very Beginning – And New Beginnings The first words of the Torah are, “In the beginning God created the heavens and [...]