Daily Kavanah – Monday, January 24, 2022
I imagine that, like me, many of you are feeling extra anxious lately. It’s not just that familiar, healthy, and often-humorous dose of [...]
I imagine that, like me, many of you are feeling extra anxious lately. It’s not just that familiar, healthy, and often-humorous dose of [...]
Crossing Over Together Almost a week has passed since we first heard about a synagogue under attack in Colleyville, Texas. Sadly, we certainly [...]
The Ninth of the Ten Commandments When I’ve asked groups to name the Ten Commandments, the most frequently omitted is “You shall not [...]
The First of the Ten Commandments I am Adonai Your God who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the [...]
Ten Commandments and One Suggestion No words have shaped Western Civilization more than the Ten Commandments. This week those words are chanted from [...]
Martin Luther King, Jr. Day So monumental was the life of Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., that the only Federal Holiday named [...]
Teach Like God For ten summers I studied at the Shalom Hartman Institute in Jerusalem (SHI). I gathered with rabbis from around North [...]
Martin Luther King Jr. Day this year falls in the shadow of the death of Sidney Poitier. Reading the many essays written about [...]
As the calendar ticks through the month of Shevat this year, both Tu B’Shevat and Martin Luther King Jr.’s birthday happen to fall on the [...]
In Jewish tradition there are major and minor holidays. Yom Kippur: truly our major holiday. Chanukkah: a minor holiday, though try telling that [...]