Shanah Tovah, Congress: Reflections on 5782 and Goals for a Sweet 5783
A Season of Reflection – And Action
Rabbi Jonah Dov Pesner Appointed to DHS’s Faith-Based Security Advisory Council
Announcing the 'Building a Very Narrow Bridge' Restorative Justice Project
Galilee Diary: The Neighbors
Whoever saves one life in Israel [i.e., of a Jew] is as if he had saved an entire world.
– Mishnah, Sanhedrin 4:5
Whoever saves one life is as if he had saved an entire world.
Rabbi David Saperstein to be Honored by President Biden at United We Stand Summit
A Climate Reading of the Unetaneh Tokef
Ki Teitzei: When You Go Out as a Warrior
Parashat Ki Teitzei includes a rich and varied collection of directives that serve as a partial blueprint for behaviors and norms to create the emerging covenantal culture. As Professor Adele Berlin notes, “Issues pertaining to women are prominent in this parashah. . . .
Reform Movement Condemns Terrorist Attack on Israelis
NEW YORK, NY-The leader of the North American Reform Movement today strongly condemned the deadly terrorist bombing of a busy restaurant in central Jerusalem that is reported to have left at least fifteen people, including 6 infants, dead and nearly 90 wounded.
How Tikkun Olam and Pikuah Nefesh Will Help Me Prepare: A #BlogElul Post
Last week I had lunch with a rabbi friend who told me he’s in the midst of preparing four different sermons for the upcoming High Holidays.