There’s a Famine in the Land… Last night, we began with the words: (Page 339) By the authority of the Heavenly Court And by the authority of this earthly court, Continue Reading »
Day Two: “The Old shall be Renewed, and the New shall be made Holy” David Steindl-Rast, a Benedictine Monk, writes “Religion is like an erupting volcano: the lava flowing down Continue Reading »
Day One: 21st Century Judaism and the Synagogue that’s Willing to Change It’s because of the Schwartz brothers that I have to make this appeal to you this year. You Continue Reading »
Bypassing God? The Torah makes strong assertions about life in Israel: one of them is that the water supply is controlled exclusively by God (Deuteronomy 11: 11-13) “The land which Continue Reading »
Look At Your Life Through Heaven’s Eyes We move often; the average American moves once every seven years. Sometimes it’s due to an educational or occupational opportunity, sometimes we’re downsizing Continue Reading »
What’s The Best Way To Inspire Our Children? Do we try to influence them by sharing with them our loves and passions, or do we let them seek and discover Continue Reading »
We Need To Give Credit Where Credit Is Due This past week there was much to fret about in the news: Tariffs possibly wreaking havoc and the painful separation of immigrant Continue Reading »
If You Will It, It Is No Dream Life’s challenges can be daunting. From changing our diet to healing broken families to making our schools safe, “Mission Impossibles” seem to Continue Reading »
Moses Had A Bad Day We all have our bad days. Sometimes we’re just not up to par. In our Parsha, Moses, our great leader, has one of those days. Continue Reading »
The Greatest Thing You’ll Ever Learn This Sunday was Mothers’ Day as well as Yom Yerushalayim, the day we regained sovereignty over all of Jerusalem through victory in the Six Continue Reading »