Daily Kavanah – Friday, January 10, 2025
This past Tuesday morning, I returned to Los Angeles from our congregational mission to Israel. On the drive home from the airport, I read about the weather forecast predicting strong winds and the fire [...]
Daily Kavanah – Friday, January 3, 2025
Shamayim va’aretz–שָׁמַיִם וָאָרֶץ– heaven and earth.There are moments in our lives when we are struck by the beauty and wonder of it all.Yesterday morning, just a few miles from the final resting place of David and [...]
Search for Meaning with Dafna Admati and Yarden Tzemach from Kibbutz Be’eri
Dafna Admati and Yarden Tzemach grew up on Kibbutz Be'eri, one of the communities hit hardest in the attacks of October 7: more than 95 community members were murdered and 30 taken hostage.They [...]
Daily Kavanah – Friday, December 27, 2024
Even though IDF troops are still actively engaged in battle and suffering losses each week, and notwithstanding the continued urgency felt for securing the release of the hostages, it feels a bit lighter and [...]
The miracle of Hanukkah: Hope, Security, and Joy
The miracle of Hanukkah: Hope, Security, and Joy Rabbi Yoshi Zweiback December 20, 2024 | 19 Kislev, 5785 Your browser does not support the audio element. As Hanukkah approaches, after a year of difficulty [...]
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 sons, because he was a son of his old age; and he [...]
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 foreign policy expert with more than four decades of experience in the [...]
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 with him until the break of dawn. When he saw that he [...]
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 are far from settler colonialists. In fact, Israel is our land of [...]
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 2022. He received ordination from Yeshivat Chovevei Torah Rabbinical School in 2005, [...]