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By Rabbi David Here’s a summary of the Jewish spiritual journey through late October. It starts now (yes, really). To show why it makes sense to start now, let’s take this journey in reverse. Simchat Torah links endings to beginnings and reboots the spiritual year with Creation. Why are we ready for …
The carnage of Saturday, October 27, at the Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh, was the most fatal assault on a Jewish institution in United States history. And the deep irony is that the Pittsburgh synagogue – where 11 lost their lives, thousands lost relatives and friends, and maybe America …
Dear TBE Members and Friends: News has traveled quickly about Saturday’s horrific shooting at the Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. During a morning brit milah (ritual circumcision) ceremony welcoming a new baby into the Jewish covenant, a man armed with an assault weapon stormed the synagogue screaming, “All Jews must …
By Rabbi Shohama Good Yuntif, everyone. It’s so good to see you. And seeing – you, me, God, and how we live, …
By Rabbi David Here’s a radical idea that I wish weren’t radical: if you consistently feel nothing in the Jewish community, it’s …
By Rabbi David It’s just a few weeks until Rosh Hashanah. The Jewish season of teshuvah (repentance, repair, return) is upon us. …
By Rabbi David If art and beauty are in the eye of the beholder, then what about spirituality and especially communal spirituality? …
Dear Members and Friends of Temple Beth El: “For everything there is a season and a time for every purpose under heaven” …
Rabbi David often asks me “and where is God in all of this?” So when asked to write about the trip, I …
By Rabbi David (cross-posted from The Jewish Studio) I just returned from two weeks in Israel, in the days preceding the 70th …
