by Shira Schechter (Moderator) | f 2, 2022 | Chosen Nation, Faith, God, Israel, Lech Lecha, Miracles, Prayer
By Adam Eliyahu Berkowitz A wonderful aspect of reading the weekly Torah portion is the synchronicity that happens when the scripture matches up with current or historical events. This week, we read the section of the Torah containing God’s promise to bless those who...
by Shira Schechter (Moderator) | f 25, 2022 | Faith, God, Justice, Noach
By Adam Eliyahu Berkowitz The Biblical story of Noah is probably the most universally known story. Everyone knows that Noah built an ark, brought in the animals and saved his family. But perhaps one of the more interesting aspects of the story is what Noah didn’t do....
by Shira Schechter (Moderator) | f 23, 2022 | Faith, God, Good and Evil, Gratitude, Psalms, Redemption, Temple, Tests and Trials
By Adam Eliyahu Berkowitz According to Jewish tradition, King David was the author of the Book of Psalms, known in Hebrew as Tehillim. Reading the Psalms, I always imagined a young David running around Israel, having adventures, suffering trials and tribulations, and...
by Rabbi Elie Mischel | f 13, 2022 | Ecclesiastes, Faith, Sukkot
By Elie Mischel In 1912, as the women’s suffrage movement was beginning to pick up steam, the brilliant former President of Princeton University and the newly elected President of the United States, Woodrow Wilson, made the following comments on women and voting: ...
by Chaim Barzel | f 12, 2022 | Faith, Sukkot, Tishrei
By Chaim Barzel The Biblical commandment to build and sit in a sukkah (temporary dwelling) during the festival of Sukkot (Feast of Tabernacles) is very beloved by the People of Israel. I recently read a story about a Jewish family in Berlin in 1938 who risked their...
by Shira Schechter (Moderator) | f 6, 2022 | Emor, Faith, God, Happiness and Joy, Prayer, Sukkot
By Rafi Weinstein Today is the first day of the seven-day holiday known as Sukkot (Feast of Tabernacles). Though the Torah commands: “You shall live in booths seven days” (Leviticus 23:42), growing up in New York my family barely spent time in the sukkah...
