Whose Earth? It’s the Only One We’ve Got.
Whose Earth? It's the Only One We've Got.Rabbi Yoshi ZweibackJanuary 12, 2024 | 2 Shevat, 5784Your browser does not support the audio element.Dark humor is a common way Israelis deal with difficult times. With [...]
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 someone close to us had recently gone through and he said, “Well, [...]
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 1979. Maybe it was as part of a current events curriculum, or [...]
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 Israel since the Shoah. What an awful sentence to read (and to [...]
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 Edison “One more try” is a central message of this week’s Torah [...]
Search for Meaning with Susie Lubell
In his latest "Search for Meaning" podcast, Rabbi Yoshi speaks with Susie Lubell (left), a self-taught artist and illustrator whose work has been included in galleries and private collections around the world. [...]
Daily Kavanah – Friday, December 15, 2023
Last week my mentor, friend, and Rabbi, David Ellenson, died suddenly. He was an extraordinarily gifted scholar and teacher who touched my life and the lives of countless colleagues and friends in profound and varied [...]
Daily Kavanah – Friday, December 8, 2023
Today is the first day of Hanukkah. In the darkest time of the year, instead of cursing the darkness, we kindle a flame. This year, we need that flame more than ever. We need [...]
Search for Meaning with Yitzhak Sokoloff
When this is over there will be an encyclopedia of heroism because there were thousands of heroic moments..." In his latest "Search for Meaning" podcast episode, Rabbi Yoshi speaks with [...]
Daily Kavanah – Friday, December 1, 2023
“We look like we’re strong. We look like we’re doing ok, but the truth is, we are just pieces of ourselves.” It hurts to hear her utter these words. I’ve heard her say so [...]