What do we stand for?
By Cantor Sheri AllenParashat Shemot This week we begin a whole new chapter in our family saga. To be more accurate, we begin Book Two in our five-book series, and…
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January 10, 2023
Think about the words we use
Dear Friends, I have a new book to recommend but first a story (that I may have told before). Many, many years ago when I was in college there was…
January 10, 2023
Damar Hamlin’s shocking injury
By Rabbi Yerachmiel D. Fried Dear Readers, I share with you a column written by my dear student Rabbi Ori Strum. This is an important lesson learned from the recent…
January 10, 2023
Speak!
By Alan Koenigsberg, M.D. Last time I wrote about listening, a way we learn about what others think, believe and can teach us. The old saw about having two ears…
January 10, 2023
It depends upon the context
By Rabbi Howard WolkParashat VayehiShabbat Chazak This Shabbat we conclude reading the Book of Genesis/Berei-sheet. The Rabbinic rule that the Haftarah parallels the Torah reading seems to be violated this…
January 5, 2023
The origins of tikkun olam
Dear Rabbi, I recently received a mailing from a major local Jewish organization that spoke about the “mitzvah of tikkun olam” which is manifest in performing acts of social justice.…
January 5, 2023
The year 2022 in Jewish ideas
Book bans, Ukraine and the end of Roe By Andrew Silow-Carroll (JTA) — Jewish eras can be defined by events (the fall of the Second Temple, the Inquisition, the founding…
January 5, 2023
We can initiate miracles
By Laura Seymour Dear Friends, Hanukkah is over for another year and forgive me for admitting, I’m Hanukkahed out! It was a truly great Hanukkah 2022! However, the many lessons…
January 5, 2023
Just listen
By Dr. Alan Koenigsberg Listening… It’s something that took me years to learn to do well, and it was an integral part of my psychiatric residency training. I specifically chose…
January 5, 2023
Joseph and ‘The Graduate’
By Rabbi Michael LewisParashat Vayeshev “The Graduate” is one of my favorite movies of all time. This classic film from 1967 didn’t just introduce me to the music of Simon…
December 13, 2022