Daily Kavanah – Friday, December 20, 2024
:וְיִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל אָהַ֤ב אֶת־יוֹסֵף֙ מִכָּל־בָּנָ֔יו כִּֽי־בֶן־זְקֻנִ֥ים ה֖וּא ל֑וֹ וְעָ֥שָׂה ל֖וֹ כְּתֹ֥נֶת פַּסִּֽים And Israel (Jacob) loved his son Joseph more than all his [...]
Search for Meaning with Ambassador Gary Grappo – Regime Change in Syria
Rabbi Yoshi sits down with Gary Grappo, former U.S. Ambassador to Oman, Chief of Staff of the Quartet, and [...]
Daily Kavanah – Friday, December 13, 2024
In this week’s Torah portion, the Jewish people earn a new name: Yisrael. Here’s the context:Jacob was left alone. And a figure wrestled [...]
Daily Kavanah – Friday, December 6, 2024
Despite claims to the contrary, the simple fact is that our connection to the land of Israel spans thousands of years. We [...]
Search for Meaning with Rabbi Josh Feigelson
Rabbi Josh Feigelson was appointed Executive Director of IJS in January 2020 and became President & CEO in April [...]
Daily Kavanah – Friday, November 29, 2024
In October 1863, in the midst of our nation’s bloodiest war, President Abraham Lincoln officially declared Thanksgiving a national holiday to be [...]
Daily Kavanah – Friday, November 22, 2024
“Sarah’s lifetime—the span of Sarah’s life—came to one hundred and twenty-seven years. Sarah died in Kiriath-arba—now Hebron—in the land of Canaan; and Abraham [...]
Daily Kavanah – Friday, November 15, 2024
One of the most troubling passages in our Torah is found in this week’s portion, Vayera: God commands Abraham to sacrifice his beloved son, [...]
The Gratitude List
Rabbi Yoshi shares his Yom Kippur Yizkor sermon which honors the memory of his mother, Hermene Davis Zweiback, [...]
Daily Kavanah – Friday, November 8, 2024
According to some traditions, there are 600,000 letters in the Torah, corresponding to the number mentioned in the book of Exodus of male Israelites [...]