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By Rabbi David If art and beauty are in the eye of the beholder, then what about spirituality and especially communal spirituality? And when we feel disconnected – as everyone sometimes does – then what? This week’s Torah portion (Re’eh) invites us to see that seeing our eye as our primary …
Dear Members and Friends of Temple Beth El: “For everything there is a season and a time for every purpose under heaven” (Eccl. 3:1). There are times for prayers, and there are times for action. Now is a time for action. This week, thousands of children were separated from their parents on …
Rabbi David often asks me “and where is God in all of this?” So when asked to write about the trip, I thought I would share the places in which I found God. God was to be found in nature. We are viscerally wired to feel peace when we hear …
By Rabbi David (cross-posted from The Jewish Studio) I just returned from two weeks in Israel, in the days preceding the 70th …
By Rabbi David Evan Markus Gmar chatimah tovah. May you be sealed in the Book of Life for joy, creativity, belonging and …
Rabbi Shohama Wiener When I was a child I think I learned most about spirituality from Rodgers and Hammerstein, The King and …
Rabbi David Evan Markus “I beg of you: do not walk by without pausing, to attend to this rather ridiculous performance – …
By Rabbi Shohama A long, long time ago there was a man named Yankel who was aggravated beyond belief—and so he went …
By Rabbi David Shanah tovah. Welcome to 5778 and to renewing our holy journey together as we “return to the land of …
By Rabbi David The title of my talk is “The Big Lie.” And even though it’s Yom Kippur, the holiest day of our …
