Thursday, November 16, 2023 Why am I traveling to Israel? The watchword of the Jewish faith starts “Shema Yisrael” which means listen Israel, hear Israel, understand Israel. I am traveling…
You turn my mourning into dancing… so that my heart might sing to you and not be silent. (Psalm 30: 12-13) Our global cups are overflowing with grief – Israeli…
This was shared at the 85th Commemoration of Kristallnacht at Queens University of Charlotte. Kristallnacht – some call it the night of broken glass but it wasn’t just a night. …
Od lo avdah tikvateinu – Our hope is not lost. The first thirty days of grief has passed yet tragically still we grieve and still we weep. The cloud of…
Three weeks ago this Shabbat, our Jewish world was turned upside down in a way that it will never, in our lifetime, be the same. In the midst of this…