April 11, 2026 -
April 11, 2026 -
Splitting Crumbs: Finding Meaning in the Middle of the Holiday Shabbat Chol HaMoed Pesach is a bit of a paradox. On the one hand, it’s Shabbat — the holiest, mostRead More »
Gratitude as the Practice of Freedom One of the most striking features of the Seder is how much of it is designed around a single spiritual idea: gratitude. But gratitudeRead More »
Dear Friends, For the first three days of the Passover, we were blessed to hear words of Torah and inspiration from three of our members. Jaclyn Novatt spoke about the secretRead More »
The Enduring Relevance of the Seder: Together, We Find Freedom This past Shabbat was Mia and Jules L.s’ Bnot Mitzvah. The girls were amazing: leading the services, reading the TorahRead More »
Adventures with Torah Scribes Our year-long DEAR program (Dedicating, Education, Advocating and Repairing) culminates in a sacred act of remembrance: the dedication of a Torah to those who perished onRead More »
The New Jew As I spoke on Shabbat morning there was a fascinating convergence of twos. Two days from the horrors of the attack on Temple Israel in Detroit. TwoRead More »
Dear Friends, I know we are all on edge because of this war. Americans are unsure why we entered this foray, and Israel is once again being cast as aRead More »
Why I Love Learning with the Sisterhood As I prepared this week’s Torah reading, Terumah, my annual feelings of crankiness and boredom returned. Do we really need to spend fourRead More »
Jethro’s Unexpected Inspiration If you weren’t Jewish, what would entice you to join the Jewish people? In our Parsha, Jethro, Moses’ father-in-law, feels compelled to join Moses and his peopleRead More »
Just Do It After failing miserably in his first attempt to obtain the Israelites freedom, Moses is commanded to confront Pharaoh once more. “Go and tell Pharaoh, king of Egypt,Read More »
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