Daily Kavanah – Wednesday, February 17, 2021
On this day in 1856, Heinrich Heine, the famous Jewish poet and satirist who converted to Lutheranism, passed away. Before his conversion in [...]
On this day in 1856, Heinrich Heine, the famous Jewish poet and satirist who converted to Lutheranism, passed away. Before his conversion in [...]
On February 16, 1963, The New Yorker printed the first of Hannah Arendt’s extensive reports on the Adolf Eichmann trial in Jerusalem, which began two [...]
On this day in 1781, the world bid farewell to Gotthold Ephraim Lessing, a Christian German author, playwright, critic, and philosopher, as well [...]
This week's Torah portion is Yitro (Exodus 18:1-20:23) which contains the Ten Commandments. Each day, a member of the Wise clergy will share [...]
“…You shall love the stranger as yourself, for you were strangers in the land of Egypt.” — Leviticus 19:34. On this day in [...]
On this day in 1971, Empress Catherine of Russia issued the second of three ukases (decrees) restricting the right of Jewish commerce in [...]
As the secular New Year approaches, the vast majority of our New Years’ resolutions will likely attempt to distance us as far from [...]
After several false starts, the Fifth Zionist Congress passed a motion on this day in 1901 to create a fund to purchase land [...]
“With great power comes great responsibility.” — French National Convention, May 8, 1793. On this day in 1922, Stanley Martin Leiber was born [...]
By this time next week, many of us will still be recovering from a Thanksgiving meal like no other before in our lifetime. [...]