Daily Kavanah – Friday, May 23, 2025
We are in mourning.We are scared.We are angry.On Wednesday night, outside the Capital Jewish Museum in Washington, D.C., two Israeli embassy employees—Sarah Milgrim [...]
Daily Kavanah – Friday, May 2, 2025
Shabbat Shalom, On Tuesday evening I was honored to share words of greeting at the official Yom HaZikaron ceremony for the city [...]
Daily Kavanah – Thursday, May 1, 2025
On this Yom HaAtzmaut, we mark 77 years since David Ben-Gurion stood in Tel Aviv and declared, “The State of Israel has [...]
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 – Friday, April 11, 2025
“I think this year there is one question and one question only: Why are they still there?” —Rachel Goldberg, mother of slain [...]
Daily Kavanah – Friday, March 21, 2025
Last week, my wife, Jacqueline, and I visited our youngest daughter, Naomi, in Paris, where she is studying for the semester. We [...]
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 [...]
Daily Kavanah – Wednesday, February 26, 2025
Growing up, my rabbi always ended every sermon with kein yehi ratzon—“so may it be God’s will.” These words, full of optimism, wisdom, and [...]
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 [...]