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Thoughts for our Time – Country in Turmoil

Posted on June 2, 2020

If only “Never Again” could apply to all forms of discrimination. After suffering from violence and discrimination for what seems like eons, the Jewish people formulated the phrase “Never Again”Read More »

Lessons on Gratitude from Rabbi Shimon (Emor – 05/08/20)

Posted on May 12, 2020

Lessons on Gratitude from Rabbi Shimon Every year Lag B’Omer is a light and festive holiday, usually celebrated with picnics in a park, bonfires, and songs. This year we can’tRead More »

Creating a New Future (Achrei Mot/Kedoshim 05/02/20)

Posted on May 6, 2020

Creating a New Future Last week’s Torah reading might have sounded familiar, for it’s the same text that we read every year on Yom Kippur. The High Priest brings aRead More »

What’s Corona-Virus’s Message for Us? (Tazria-Metzora 04/25/20)

Posted on April 29, 2020

What’s Corona-Virus’s Message for Us? This past week’s Torah reading of Tazria and Metzorah run high on the “least favorite parshiot of the year” list. They talk in detail aboutRead More »

The Eternal Flame (Shabbat HaGadol and Passover 04/09/20)

Posted on April 7, 2020

The Eternal Flame In almost every synagogue there’s a light emanating from above the Ark. The designs of this “Ner Tamid” will vary, but what won’t vary is the factRead More »

Shabbat at Home (Ki Tisa 03/14/20)

Posted on March 13, 2020

Shabbat at Home What a difference a week makes! On Sunday, we all had a great evening together at the Murder Mystery Dinner, on Monday we joyously celebrated Purim withRead More »

Who’s the Real Villain of Purim? (Shabbat Zachor – Tetzaveh – 03/07/20)

Posted on March 10, 2020

Who’s the Real Villain of Purim? Parshat Zachor, an extra aliyah from Deuteronomy that we read right before Purim, exhorts us to mindful of our enemies. Normally, this Parsha isRead More »

Intentional Creation (Mishpatim 02/22/20)

Posted on February 24, 2020

Intentional Creation For the past few weeks at 10 AM on Wednesdays, a number of us have been gathering together to discuss reincarnation and other spiritual concepts from Jewish andRead More »

Contemporary Society and Judaism (Yitro – 02/15/20)

Posted on February 20, 2020

Contemporary Society and Judaism What’s more uniquely Jewish than the Ten Commandment? The Children of Israel escape from Egypt, survive the entrapment at the Red Sea, and encamp as oneRead More »

Letting Go (Beshalach – 02/08/20)

Posted on February 11, 2020

Letting Go America is a nation of doers. We work hard and we’re always searching for greater ways of achieving our goals. Yet sometimes we just need to let thingsRead More »

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