Proudly Jewish - Proudly Progressive
Proudly Jewish - Proudly Progressive
On the 80th anniversary of VE Day, this sermon reflects on the powerful intersection of Parashat Acharei Mot–Kedoshim with a moment of both liberation and loss in Jewish and world history.
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In this Pesach sermon, Rabbi Adrian M. Schell reflects on a deeply personal and poignant Seder night in Berlin, where a table of rabbinical students, each carrying their own stories and silences, unknowingly held the broken pieces of our collective…
It is an interesting co-incidence that on this Shabbat we commemorate all the violent and destructive attacks on the Jewish people in the past while we also begin with the reading of the third book of our Torah—Leviticus, Vayikra in…
Chaverim, I have always been intrigued by the commandment ‘you shall blot out the remembrance of Amalek from under heaven; you shall not forget it’ (Deuteronomy 25:19). Simultaneously we are told to ‘blot out the remembrance’ and to ‘not forget…
When someone we love passes away, we experience deep sorrow and grief. We miss that person’s presence and caring. We miss the support and all that we shared. Jewish mourning rituals and customs are meant to help us cope, to…
When someone we love passes away, we experience deep sorrow and grief. We miss that person’s presence and caring. We miss the support and all that we shared. Jewish mourning rituals and customs are meant to help us cope, to…
einer meiner leser hat zu meinem letzten artikel kommentiert, dass ich/juden zu wenig selbstkritisch bin hier meine stellungnahme: Lieber Gray, wenn sie sich ein bisschen meine ersten artikel zu der karfreitagsfürbitte durchgelesen haben, betrache ich die entwicklung durch aus in…
A film by Ariel Zylbersztejn. Rachel hat mir einen Link zu einem kurzen aber sehr bewegenden Kurzfilm gemailt, welcher 2003 auf dem SFJFF gezeigt wurde. 9 Minuten, die sich lohnen. Ich hoffe er bereichert Eure Gedanken zu Chanukka und zu…