Being a Wise Witness: Understanding Our Own Biases and Perspectives
by Rabbi Ron Stern “Sarah saw the son whom Hagar the Egyptian had borne to Abraham playing.” This benign passage begins a story [...]
Our Powers of Creation
By Rabbi Josh Knobel Just two weeks ago, Jews throughout the world celebrated as we completed reading the Pentateuch and turned immediately to [...]
The Center for Jewish Life
Read with Caution: This May Whet Your Appetite for Learning
by Rabbi David Woznica Tomorrow morning we mail our 2018-2019 (5779) Center for Jewish Life brochure. It contains descriptions of dialogues, lectures, classes, [...]
Out of the darkness there was a voice: “Let there be light.” And there was light.
By Rabbi Yoshi Zweiback Light from darkness... It’s what we’ve been working so hard at these past few weeks. Our prayers... Our turning [...]
The Gift of Starting Over
by Rabbi Sari Laufer “I know that story!” It’s a refrain I hear often, usually on Friday mornings when I am with our [...]
Turning Now to Sukkot
By Cantor Emma Lutz After our meaningful weeks of praying together as a community during the Days of Awe, our tradition springs us [...]
Your Ten Questions
by Rabbi Ron Stern Each fall I spend a semester teaching a new group of rabbinical students beginning their studies at Hebrew [...]
Blessed
by Rabbi Yoshi Zweiback A chapter closed for me this week: my oldest daughter went away to college. Jacqueline and I are [...]
Reaching Out During Elul
By Cantor Emma Lutz During this Hebrew month of Elul, our tradition creates time and space for us to prepare for the [...]
Yom Kippur is a Happy Day: If We Begin Now
by Rabbi David Woznica The Talmud teaches, “The Day of Atonement atones for sins against God, not for sins against man, unless [...]