Recent Writings
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Parashat Ki Teitzei: Remember Amalek!
Read more →: Parashat Ki Teitzei: Remember Amalek!Our parasha ends with the commandment to remember. We are asked to remember what Amalek did to us. Amalek is in Jewish tradition the sworn enemy who attacked…
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Parashat Shoftim: How am I to face God on Rosh Hashanah?
Read more →: Parashat Shoftim: How am I to face God on Rosh Hashanah?We stand only three weeks away from the Jewish New Year, thoughts of Teshuva beginning to confront us: What should I concentrate on this year? How am I…
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Rosh Chodesh Elul: Not fear, but love!
Read more →: Rosh Chodesh Elul: Not fear, but love!This coming Shabbat is also the beginning of a new Month. It is the last month of the Jewish year, the last one before the High Holy Days.According…
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Parashat Eikev: The impact of words after acts of terror
Read more →: Parashat Eikev: The impact of words after acts of terrorThe Haftarah readings on Shabbat between Tisha B’Av and Rosh Hashana are referred to as the 7 haftarot of comfort. But, comfort is often hard to come by.…
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Parashat Va’et-chanan: Impress them upon your children
Read more →: Parashat Va’et-chanan: Impress them upon your childrenOur Torah Portion for this week, Parashat Va’et-chanan, is for sure the most cited section of the Torah in Jewish tradition, as it contains the Sh’ma Israel, the…
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Parashat Devarim: Perhaps Moses forgot?
Read more →: Parashat Devarim: Perhaps Moses forgot?During my vacation in Berlin I was having a conversation with a friend where we were reminiscing about some events from our past. While we, broadly speaking, remembered…
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Parashat Mas’ei: Finding our goal(s) in life
Read more →: Parashat Mas’ei: Finding our goal(s) in lifeIn Parashat Mas’ei, we read a review of the Israelite’s journeys through their forty years in the desert. It is important to understand that the journey was not…
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Days of Awe are approaching
Read more →: Days of Awe are approachingThis Friday we begin a new month of Av, it means that Days of Awe are approaching us. Traditionally during the Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur we see…
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Settlement in the Equality Court case
Read more →: Settlement in the Equality Court caseWow! What a week it has been!SACRED and our co-applicants reached an out of court settlement in the Equality Court case, against the Board of Deputies. The Board…
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Make your voice count!
Read more →: Make your voice count!How many times have we meant to call our legislator, wanted to sign that petition but let it fall to the bottom of our e-mail inbox, planned to…
