Self-Discover and Self-Empowerment We Jews are an interesting group, a quandary. As a whole, we don’t attend daily or weekly services, but we do come for the High Holidays. You’llRead More »
Embracing a New Spiritual Paradigm In a little while, we’re going to sing Pete Seeger’s famous anthem, “We Shall Overcome”: We shall live in peace, some day Oh, deep inRead More »
Repeats and Changes: Israel and our Youth Shana Tova, good Yom Tov, thank you for joining us today. First and foremost, I’m thrilled to see so many of you hereRead More »
How Many Mitzvot? Perhaps, I am making progress in my studies. For the past thirty years, a certain piece of Talmud has baffled me, but now I think I’ve arrivedRead More »
Lecha Dodi Take 2 The heyday of Spanish Jewry lasted around 600 years (from the 900s to 1492). When I think of Sefardic Judaism, the first things that come to myRead More »
Championing Meritocracy Reading Parshat Korach, it’s easy to get frustrated. How much proof do the Children of Israel need for the matter to be settled? Why were we so obstinate?Read More »
Israel from an Insider’s Perspective Lately, many of our conversations have been about taking off our masks and returning to normalcy. I attended the Pro-Israel rally on Sunday in GreatRead More »
It is always so much fun to see our fellow members and friends join us for the 4th Night of Hanukkah. • Thanks to Rabbi Neil Schuman, David Rokofsky andRead More »
Big changes coming to Manetto Hill Jewish Center’s Religious School! – Multi-Grade Hybrid Learning Program – One day a week of enhanced curriculum and one day a week traditional curriculumRead More »
From Amanda Lefkowitz, member of Manetto Hill Jewish Center. An Interfaith Jewish Christmas Christmas Eve 2020 I opened my email on Christmas Eve to find the wonderful letter Rabbi NeilRead More »