Shabbat Shalom – Friday, August 1, 2025
We are almost at the end of the Nine Days—a period in the Jewish calendar marked by introspection and sorrow. Our communal mourning [...]
Shabbat Shalom – Friday, July 25, 2025
On my recent trip to Israel, I had the privilege of attending Kabbalat Shabbat services in Tel Aviv—right at the marina as [...]
Daily Kavanah – Monday, July 7 2025
I admit that my phone is often—always?—buzzing with news alerts out of Israel. Earlier this summer, of course, I was getting the [...]
Daily Kavanah – Friday, June 27 2025
Shabbat Shalom, Last night I had a beautiful—and disturbing—dream, one I don’t think I would have had a few years ago. In the dream, [...]
Search for Meaning with Ambassador Gary Grappo – Israel/Iran War
Rabbi Yoshi sits down with Ambassador Gary Grappo, a former U.S. diplomat and expert on Middle Eastern affairs, [...]
Moral Complexity Is Not Moral Confusion
Moral Complexity Is Not Moral Confusion Rabbi Yoshi Zweiback June 13, 2025 | 17 Sivan, 5785 Your browser does not support the [...]
Remembering Sarah and Yaron
Remembering Sarah and Yaron Rabbi Yoshi Zweiback and Rabbi Josh Knobel May 23, 2025 | 25 Nisan, 5785 Your browser does not [...]
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 [...]