Spreading Peace During a Pandemic

Spreading Peace During a Pandemic

by | May 23, 2021 | All, Jewish Life

A year and a half later, it almost feels impossible to remember life before COVID-19. It is bringing out the worst of us—and the best of us. This is consistent with the Jewish concept of yetzer hara and yetzer hatov. Yetzer hara is the evil inclination within us;...
Nasso: Sixty-Three Years Later

Nasso: Sixty-Three Years Later

by | May 20, 2021 | All, Jewish Life, Testimonials

This is the anniversary year of my bar mitzvah. Sixty-three years ago, I stood on the bimah to recite my bar mitzvah parasha, Nasso. Since then, fifty years of faith in HaShem has intervened and I am in a better position to appreciate what I did then. Today, I know...
Questions of Authority

Questions of Authority

by | May 19, 2021 | All, Jewish Life

Back in February, when Israel was gradually coming out of a third COVID-19 lockdown, some Israelis blamed the ultra-Orthodox for most of the rise in new cases. A February 1st article in the Times of Israel made a startling statistical claim, “Almost a quarter of all...

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