Teach Your Children Well
The challenge of passing Jewish values and traditions onto the next generation.
Helping Life Win Over Death
This week’s parashah brings us into a new phase of the Jewish people. We completed the book of Genesis, the … Continue Reading
Cameras and Crystal Balls: Thinking Back at 2023 and Looking Ahead to 2024
From Rabbi Brad Hirschfield, President, Clal What view are you taking as we wrap up 2023 and begin 2024? In … Continue Reading
Secular and Sacred
At Havdalah services, marking the end of Shabbat and distinguishing it one final time from the rest of the week, … Continue Reading
The Preconceptions that keep us from seeing what is before us
In his book, Israel: A Concise History of a Nation Reborn, Dr. Daniel Gordis describes the conceptzia – the ‘“conception’” … Continue Reading
How It Felt To Be A Stranger At The Shiva For Slain Israeli Soldiers
Attending shivas for slain soldiers in Israel.