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Daily Kavanah – Thursday, July 27, 2023

This Wednesday evening and all day today, Jews throughout the world will observe Tisha B'Av, the Ninth of Av, which the sages set [...]

By RHusany|2023-07-26T16:56:28-07:00July 27th, 2023|Categories: Daily Kavanah, Holidays, Israel, Rabbi Josh Knobel|Tags: grief, High Holy Days, identity, Israel, Jerusalem, Jewish history, Jewish identity, memory, repentance, Sinat Chinam, teshuvah, Tisha B'Av, Torah, Zionism|Comments Off

Daily Kavanah – Wednesday, July 26, 2023

This Wednesday evening and Thursday, Jews throughout the world will observe Tisha B'Av, the Ninth of Av, which the sages set aside as [...]

By RHusany|2023-07-26T16:47:31-07:00July 26th, 2023|Categories: Daily Kavanah, Holidays, Israel, Rabbi Josh Knobel|Tags: identity, Israel, Jerusalem, Jewish history, Jewish identity, memory, Sinat Chinam, Tisha B'Av, Torah, Zionism|Comments Off

Daily Kavanah – Tuesday, July 25, 2023

This Wednesday evening and Thursday, Jews throughout the world will observe Tisha B’Av, the Ninth of Av, which the sages set aside as [...]

By RHusany|2023-07-24T13:24:45-07:00July 25th, 2023|Categories: Daily Kavanah, Holidays, Rabbi Josh Knobel|Tags: Bar Kamtza, Deuteronomy, Jerusalem, Jewish history, Jewish identity, Judea, memory, Pharisees, prophets, Romans, Rome, Sadducees, Sinat Chinam, Tisha B'Av, Torah|Comments Off

Daily Kavanah – Wednesday, July 19, 2023

D'varim As the mourning of the three previous weeks anticipates its apogee with the observance of Tisha B’Av—the tradition’s full day of mourning [...]

By RHusany|2023-07-14T13:08:44-07:00July 19th, 2023|Categories: Daily Kavanah, Holidays, Rabbi Ron Stern|Tags: Babylon, Babylonian exile, Book of Isaiah, Deuteronomy, Isaiah, Jewish history, Jewish identity, memory, prophets, Reform Movement, Sh'ma, Tisha B'Av, Torah, v'ahavta|Comments Off

Daily Kavanah – Tuesday, July 18, 2023

Shabbat Chazon חֲזוֹן֙ One of the most difficult jobs in the ancient near east was that of a Biblical prophet. Called upon to [...]

By RHusany|2023-07-14T13:03:22-07:00July 18th, 2023|Categories: Daily Kavanah, Holidays, Rabbi Ron Stern|Tags: Book of Isaiah, Christianity, Deuteronomy, Isaiah, Jewish history, Jewish identity, memory, orphan, prophets, Reform Judaism, Reform Movement, tikkun olam, Tisha B'Av, Torah, widow|Comments Off

Daily Kavanah – Monday, July 17, 2023

Beyn Ha'Metzarim I first encountered Tisha B’Av (observed next week) when I was a camper at URJ Camp Eisner in Great Barrington, Mass. [...]

By RHusany|2023-07-14T12:58:49-07:00July 17th, 2023|Categories: Daily Kavanah, Holidays, Rabbi Ron Stern|Tags: Advice, Beyn Ha'Metzarim, Egypt, endurance, Jerusalem, Jewish history, Jewish identity, memory, Mitzrayim, narrow places, pain, persistence, Reform Judaism, Reform Movement, resilience, slavery, Spain, Summer Camps, terror, Tisha B'Av, Torah, Torah scrolls|Comments Off

Search for Meaning With Ben M. Freeman
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Search for Meaning With Ben M. Freeman

In this edition of his Search for Meaning podcast, Stephen Wise Temple Senior Rabbi Yoshi Zweiback hosts Ben [...]

By RHusany|2023-07-12T11:03:56-07:00July 12th, 2023|Categories: Israel, News, Rabbi Yoshi Zweiback, Search for Meaning Blog|Tags: anti-Zionism, antisemitism, identity, Israel, Jewish identity, L.A. Pride, LA Pride, LGBTQ, LGBTQIA, Pride, Zionism|Comments Off

Daily Kavanah – Tuesday, July 11, 2023

Recently, a longtime Wise member shared with me an incredible article about the beloved Jewish folk song, "Hava Nagila." The essence of the [...]

By RHusany|2023-07-07T11:25:11-07:00July 11th, 2023|Categories: Cantor Emma Lutz, Daily Kavanah, Music|Tags: community, diaspora, hava nagila, Jewish identity, Jewish music, Mizrahi, Music|Comments Off

Daily Kavanah – Monday, July 10, 2023

After our annual celebration of American independence, I've always looked forward to Bastille Day, or fête nationale française (France's national day of celebration), which falls [...]

By RHusany|2023-07-07T11:21:45-07:00July 10th, 2023|Categories: Cantor Emma Lutz, Daily Kavanah, Wise Travel|Tags: community, Europe, France, Jewish identity, mezzuzot, synagogues, travel|Comments Off