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Shabbat Shalom | March 22, 2024

Dear Friends, In 1985, Charles Silberman published a book entitled, A Certain People: American Jews and Their Lives Today. It discussed the early challenges faced by our community in America and the extraordinary successes we have achieved. It discussed the many contributions the Jewish community has made to this country [...]

Shabbat Shalom | March 15, 2024

Dear Friends, In an article from ten years ago Rabbi Daniel Gordis makes a direct connection between the festival of Purim and the evil of Amalek, an enemy of our people in antiquity who attacked our community from the rear, targeting the most vulnerable in the community. (Those [...]

Shabbat Shalom | March 8, 2024

Dear Friends, I spent this past week at two powerful, important, albeit troubling conferences. The first was a small gathering of 100 rabbis sponsored by the Leffell Foundation, Maimonides Fund and the Paul E Singer Foundation. Entitled “Zionism: A New Conversation,” for three days we met with leading educators to [...]

Shabbat Shalom | March 1, 2024

Dear Friends, In this week’s Torah portion, Parashat Ki-Tissa, God speaks to Moses on top of Mt. Sinai and, among other instructions, explains the requirement that the people should observe one day each week as a day of rest. “Six days may work be done,” God tells him, [...]

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