by Shira Schechter (Moderator) | f 18, 2022 | Justice, Leadership, Pinchas
It has happened to most of us; we do a great job, going above and beyond all expectations. Even more than that, we stand up when no one else was willing to. Our boss compliments us and gives us a certificate of appreciation. But the next week, when a new position in...
by Shira Schechter (Moderator) | f 11, 2022 | Balak, Chosen Nation, Community, God, Leadership, Modesty
Have you ever gone into a camping goods store and been overwhelmed by the beauty of the tents? Of course not. Clearly, Balaam was not commenting on the handiwork of the Hebrew tentmakers when he complimented the beauty of the desert dwellings (Numbers 24:5). When...
by Shira Schechter (Moderator) | f 8, 2022 | Antisemitism, Israel, Judges, Leadership
Social media has taken all our human foibles and faults, amplifying them to show how silly people can be. Even when faced with facts and the undeniable truth, some people will double down and insist that they are in the right. There is no more hotly debated subject...
by Shira Schechter (Moderator) | f 3, 2022 | Chronicles, Israel, Israel's Independence Day, Leadership, Miracles
It was 1948. World War II had just ended, and the United States was the most powerful and influential nation on earth. After saving Europe from the Nazis and crippling Japan with two nuclear bombs, the fate of humanity rested largely in the hands of this great...
by Shira Schechter (Moderator) | f 29, 2022 | Community, Covenant, Holiness, Humility, Justice, Korach, Leadership, Responsibility
Communism didn’t start with Karl Marx. It actually began 3,500 years ago with a different man – Korah. Korah was the wealthiest Israelite alive when God took the Children of Israel out of Egypt. He was from the tribe of Levi, and thus was never enslaved by the...
by Shira Schechter (Moderator) | f 26, 2022 | Community, God, Holiness, Justice, Leadership, Psalms, Responsibility
Government is the biggest business in the United States today, with a recent estimate claiming that over half a million politicians are actively involved in running the country’s local and federal governments. But how many of these politicians are “leaders”? What...
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