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Vaera, Exodus 6:2-9:35, Parashat Hashavua for Shabbat January 13, 2024
We are living in a time of profound problems that seem beyond our control and threaten our existence: whether climate change, the threats to democracy, the war in Ukraine, or the war between Israel and Hamas and the antisemitism that has become part of our discourse around the war. It is easy to feel overwhelmed […]
From the Presidents – January 11, 2024
Hello Everyone! Now that the new secular year is upon us, we wanted to take a moment again to contemplate the creativity of humanity when it comes to keeping time. Specifically, as even ancient societies knew, the length of the solar year is not exact and so over time both holidays and seasons can start […]
Shemot, Exodus 1:1-6:1, Parashat Hashavua for Shabbat January 6, 2024
Our history as a people (Am Yisrael) is long and filled with moments of great suffering and moments of great achievement. Our story really begins with the Book of Exodus. Genesis is the story of one family. Exodus is the story of how that family becomes a people, who descend into slavery, rise up to […]
From the Presidents – January 5, 2024
Shalom Everyone! And Happy Secular New Year! We hope everyone had a wonderful New Year’s celebration as we look ahead to an eventful year in 2024. And in the spirit of the season, we can take a moment to observe the unusual nature and tradition of the timing of both the secular and Jewish new […]
Vayigash, Genesis 44:18-47:27, Parashat Hashavua for Shabbat December 23, 2023
Yehuda Amichai (z”l) the great Israel poet wrote, “The place where we are right is hard and trampled like a yard.” Self-righteousness is a sickness that has infected many of us. We are certain we are right and those who disagree with us are wrong. Not only are they wrong, they are dangerously wrong, fatally […]