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Women’s Rights (Noach – 10/20/17)

Posted on October 26, 2017

Women’s Rights Last Sunday night (10/15), sports announcer, Al Michaels, made a small faux pas, he said, “I mean, let’s face it, the Giants are coming off a worse week thanRead More »

Rising Like Oil Above Water (Bereshit – 10/14/17)

Posted on October 17, 2017

Rising Like Oil Above Water The underpinnings of Western philosophy come from three men who lived about 2500 years ago, Socrates, Plato and Aristotle. Plato was a student of SocratesRead More »

Change The World By Making People Feel Special (Yizkor Day 5778 – 09/30/17)

Posted on October 2, 2017

Change The World By Making People Feel Special On August 13th of this year, the following article appeared in the Washington Post CHARLOTTESVILLE — A man accused of plowing aRead More »

Sin Does Not Define Us (Kol Nidre – 09/29/17)

Posted on October 2, 2017

Sin Does Not Define Us 3330 years ago, our forefathers did something utterly regrettable. The Bnei Yisrael just heard the Ten Commandments from G-d upon Mt. Sinai and Moses ascendsRead More »

Different, Mindful Actions=Different, Better Results – Rosh Hashanah Day 2 (09/22/17)

Posted on September 27, 2017

Hayom Harat Olam, Hayom Ya’amid BaMishpat…(The New Machzor, page 310) “Today marks the creation of the world. One this day, all the world’s creatures stand before G-d in judgement…” TodayRead More »

The Benefits Of Coming Back After Bar/Bat Mitzvah And Shared Spirituality – Rosh Hashanah Day 1 (09/21/17)

Posted on September 27, 2017

One year we were having a mice problem at the synagogue, and we couldn’t figure out how to get rid of them. We tried traps, poison, cats, nothing was working. Read More »

Our True Value (Natzavim Night – 09/16/17)

Posted on September 18, 2017

Our True Value This past week Hillary Clinton released her book about 2016 Campaign, titled “What Happened.” She won more votes for President than any white man in American history,Read More »

Mandate for Dignity of Others (Ki Tatzai 9/2/17)

Posted on September 7, 2017

Mandate for Dignity of Others One of the teachings in Parshat Ki Taitzai instructs us that if a man is executed by hanging by the court, his body cannot beRead More »

USCJ Unity and Diversity Shabbat (Re’eh 8/18/17)

Posted on August 22, 2017

Last week, it was difficult to be an American, especially a Jewish American. I’m sure you are all aware of the President’s response to the riots and murder in CharlottesvilleRead More »

What I Learned from Jeff Sessions (Matot-Masei – 7/21/17)

Posted on July 24, 2017

What I learned from Jeff Sessions As we bask in the tropical freshness of our Hawaiian Shabbat, I thought we could use a relaxing idea, one pain-saving technique, that surprisinglyRead More »

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