Daily Kavanah – Wednesday, August 10, 2022
Today is National S’mores Day, set to recognize America’s most popular campfire treat, first made famous in the 1927 edition of the [...]
Daily Kavanah – Tuesday, August 9, 2022
Today is International Day of the World’s Indigenous People, first established in 1994 by the United Nations to celebrate more than 400 [...]
Daily Kavanah – Monday, August 8, 2022
As our minds and bodies recover from the fast of the Ninth of Av, our tradition turns its gaze toward the future. Beginning [...]
The Source of Love and Compassion
The Source of Love and Compassion Rabbi Josh Knobel Parashat Pinchas features the anointing of Joshua as Moses's successor as Israelites [...]
Daily Kavanah – Thursday, July 21, 2022
On this day in 1833, August Bondi was born in Vienna, Austria. At 15, he fled the Austrian Empire with his parents and [...]
Daily Kavanah – Wednesday, July 20, 2022
Last week, NASA released the first imagery from the James Webb Space Telescope, the more powerful successor to the venerable Hubble Space Telescope. The images [...]
Daily Kavanah – Tuesday, July 19, 2022
On Sunday, Jews throughout the world observed the Fast of Tammuz, which commemorates the destruction of the walls surrounding Jerusalem by the Romans [...]
Daily Kavanah – Monday, July 18, 2022
Today, the world commemorates Nelson Mandela Day, established by the United Nations General Assembly in 2009. The day honors the late anti-apartheid activist [...]
Daily Kavanah – Thursday, June 30, 2022
Today is the first day of the Jewish month of Tammuz, also considered Rosh Chodesh, the beginning of the month. This month is typically [...]
Daily Kavanah – Wednesday, June 29, 2022
Today is the 30th day of the Jewish month of Sivan, considered Rosh Chodesh Tammuz, the beginning of the month of Tammuz. Ironically, [...]