Dear Friends, Last week Israel experienced its worst peacetime tragedy. 45 people died and over 150 were wounded in a stampede at a Jewish religious music festival […]

Dear Friends, Celebrating “End of Plague” then and nowToday is Lag b’Omer, perhaps the most mysterious day on the Jewish calendar. Lag stands for Lamed Gimel two […]

Dear Friends, Our Exile is ending!The story of the Jewish People is a narrative of Exile and Return.In 586 BCE, the cruel Nebuchadnezzar exiled our people […]

Dear Friends, It is a Mitzvah to Celebrate Israel’s Birthday! For American Jews, the High Holy Days is the time we often feel most connected.For many […]

Dear Friends, Yizkor Remembrance is a Mitzvah This week we marked 76 years since the end of the Holocaust. Why was Yom HaShoah observed this week? The Israeli Knesset […]

Dear Friends, “God is Subtle”Albert Einstein reminds us “God is subtle.” It seems obvious to say “Oh God!” in a moment of high drama, like the awesome […]

Dear Friends, Matzah, Lechem Oni, the ‘Bread that makes us speak up!’ On Saturday night we will lift up a piece of Matzah at the Seder […]