by Shira Schechter (Moderator) | f 21, 2022 | Bereishit, Kindness and Compassion, Responsibility
By Adam Eliyahu Berkowitz My older son began learning in a special high school three years ago. Before my second son began the same school this year, I took my older son aside for a cup of coffee and a father-son talk on the back deck. “I want you to keep an eye on...
by Shira Schechter (Moderator) | f 22, 2022 | Covenant, Justice, Light Unto the Nations, Responsibility
By Adam Eliyahu Berkowitz Every year, just before Rosh Hashana (Hebrew New Year), I ask myself why I should work so hard at repenting. How bad were my sins really? I look around and figure that I am no worse than any of my neighbors. And then I read the Torah portion...
by Shira Schechter (Moderator) | f 18, 2022 | Covenant, God, Ki Tavo, Responsibility
I bought my house a few years ago. I understand that buying a home is serious business but I was totally unprepared for the thick pile of pages I had to sign. When I finished signing one pile of documents, the bank officer produced another. “What’s this?” I asked....
by Shira Schechter (Moderator) | f 2, 2022 | Devarim, Humility, Leadership, Responsibility
“Vote for me and get a free puppy!” Can you imagine a politician campaigning on that platform? But the fact is that many politicians campaign on promises that are not much better than that. Vote for me and I will give you free stuff. Vote for me and I will bring world...
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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