Daily Kavanah – Friday, January 19, 2024
A few years ago, right before the pandemic, I met the Pulitzer prize-winning author, Doris Kearns Goodwin, at a writers conference in Rancho [...]
Daily Kavanah – Friday, January 12, 2024
I remember a conversation I had with my Uncle Alan a few years before he died. We were discussing a challenging moment that [...]
Daily Kavanah – Friday, January 5, 2024
I think I first learned about the Cambodian genocide when I was in elementary school, probably when I was in fourth grade, in [...]
Good Tidings We Bring: A Message for Israel from Candy Cane Lane
Good Tidings We Bring: A Message for Israel from Candy Cane Lane Rabbi Sari Laufer December 29, 2023 | 17 Tevet, 5784 [...]
Daily Kavanah – Friday, December 29, 2023
This is the last Shabbat of 2023. Most would agree that this has been the worst year for the Jewish People and for [...]
Daily Kavanah – Wedensday, December 27, 2023
“And all who work with the community should labor with them for the sake of Heaven, for the merits of our ancestors sustain [...]
Israel, Hamas, Palestinians and their supporters: Seven Vital Realizations
Israel, Hamas, Palestinians and their supporters: Seven Vital RealizationsRabbi David WoznicaDecember 22, 2023 | 10 Tevet, 5784Your browser does not support the [...]
Daily Kavanah – Tuesday, December 26, 2023
For several years now, I have been involved with an organization called Women Wage Peace, a group of Israeli/Jewish and Muslim/Palestinian mothers [...]
Daily Kavanah – Monday, December 25, 2023
Across our planet, almost every population has created a celebration of light during this season of winter solstice, when Earth’s poles reach their [...]
Daily Kavanah – Friday, December 22, 2023
“Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time.” — Thomas [...]