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 – Tuesday, March 18, 2025
As we move from Purim towards Pesach, the rest of this week’s Daily Kavanot will focus on 3 of the special Shabbatot [...]
Search for Meaning with the Sky Riders, Noa and Omri
In this powerful and deeply moving episode, Rabbi Yoshi Zweiback speaks with "Noa" and "Omri" (not their real names), two soldiers from the Sky [...]
Search for Meaning with Ayelet Tsabari
In this powerful and heartfelt conversation, Rabbi Yoshi Zweiback speaks with acclaimed author Ayelet Tsabari about her latest book, Songs for the Brokenhearted—a moving [...]
Search for Meaning with Jonathan York
In this deeply moving conversation, Rabbi Yoshi sits down with Jonathan York—lawyer, artist, and creator of The Sukkah Project, a powerful [...]
Daily Kavanah – Tuesday, January 21, 2025
’An entire country is waiting for them.’ Among all of the emotional statements from the reporters covering the hostage return, this is [...]
Daily Kavanah – Monday, January 20, 2025
Yesterday, 3 young women were returned home from an unfathomable 470+ days in Hamas captivity. In an emotional moment, the Israeli reporter’s [...]
Daily Kavanah – Friday, January 10, 2025
This past Tuesday morning, I returned to Los Angeles from our congregational mission to Israel. On the drive home from the airport, [...]