Proudly Jewish - Proudly Progressive
Proudly Jewish - Proudly Progressive
What does Shabbat mean to us? Why do we need this day of rest? Carly L. Goldberg in her essay touched these important questions. “Busy”: It’s a word that rolls off my tongue with such ease that it scares me. Being busy…
Reading Parashat Chukkat, we engage ourselves quite often in the discussion of Moses’ big mistake which resulted in God’s severe punishment. Why is he prohibited to enter the promised land, why can’t he enjoy the fruits of his hard work?…
This week we are going to celebrate the 80th birthday of Temple Israel. What a great milestone! I have over the years been involved on a regular basis at Temple Israel from 2010. I felt honoured and privileged to have…
I think it’s fair to say that just about everybody knows that the Israelites were condemned to wander in the wilderness for forty years – a biblical generation. But what led to it, is less well known. This week’s parashah—Sh’lach…
Last week I received an invitation to participate in an amazing event “In Conversation with the Mystic” An intimate discussion between South African Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan, and Esteemed Yogi Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev. Sadhguru is a realized yogi, mystic and…
The news on Sunday was shocking, confusing, and unspeakably tragic. What in God’s name is happening in this, our world? Last week Tel Aviv, this Sunday Orlando, and next week …? There is so much pain. In thousands of places…
The news on Sunday was shocking, confusing, and unspeakably tragic. What in God’s name is happening in this, our world? Last week Tel Aviv, this Sunday Orlando, and next week …? There is so much pain. In thousands of places all…
This coming Sunday we celebrate the giving of the Torah from God to the Jewish people. This extraordinary moment is recorded by the Torah as follows: “You stand this day all of you before Adonai your God; your captains of…
I had an amazing childhood. I grew up in a time and place, where I thought that boys and girls were equal; and that anything a boy could do, a girl could do, and vice versa. I didn’t think that…
Coming Sunday (5 June/28 Iyyar) we celebrate Yom Yerushalayim, one of several Jewish holidays com-memorating events of war in the modern State of Israel. This one recalls Israel’s regaining of the Old City of Jerusalem during the Six Day War…