By Rabbi James Stone Goodman
• Published September 12, 2024
Ki Teitzei means when you leave. When we leave our expectations over the messes great and little, some we have made, some made for us. When we cease to compare the what-it-is to the what-we-wanted or the-way-it-was-supposed-to-be. When we leave behind...
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A Bintel Brief, Yiddish for a bundle of letters, has been solving reader dilemmas since 1906. Send yours via email, social...
By Beth Harpaz, The Forward
• Published September 9, 2024
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By Beth Harpaz, The Forward
• Published September 8, 2024
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A Bintel Brief, Yiddish for a bundle of letters, has been solving reader dilemmas since 1906. Send yours via email, social...
RABBI AND CANTOR RONALD EICHAKER
• Published August 28, 2024
“Justice, justice shall you pursue” is the double injunction found in Deuteronomy 16:20 and is the centerpiece of this section of the Torah we call Shoftim (Judges).
The entire parasha is Deuteronomy 16:18-21:9 and begins by showing us, in...
When thinking of the possibility of an Israeli-Palestinian peace agreement, something that invites skepticism among many Jews and others, I am reminded of an old saying: “On the eve of most revolutions, they are thought to be unimaginable; on the morning...
The office has been cleaned out, campaign photos and signs stripped from the walls, and goodbye hugs given to college interns and staff. Just a few weeks ago, St. Louis Democratic primary voters chose a new candidate, St. Louis County Prosecutor Wesley...
By Rabbi Elizabeth Hersh, Temple Emanuel
• Published August 21, 2024
Author Elie Wiesel tells the story of the one righteous man of Sodom, who walked the streets protesting the injustices of his city. People made fun of him, derided him. Finally, a young person asked:
“Why do you continue your protest against evil;...
Rabbi James Stone Goodman, Central Reform Congregation
• Published August 21, 2024
Ekev also signifies “heel.” Every generation is a heel generation, in the sense that everything previous has contributed to everything we do, all previous actsrest on the heel of the present, and so every act, every word, every gesture, every mitzvah,...
Susan Talve, The Forward
• Published August 12, 2024
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Ten years ago, on Aug. 9, 2014, 18-year-old Michael Brown Jr. was shot by a local police officer in Ferguson, Missouri....
By Rabbi Yonason Goldson
• Published August 8, 2024
This column is not about politics. It’s about leadership. It’s about how leaders who communicate honestly, inspire trust and model integrity achieve enduring success while promoting positive cultural change.
That’s why I try to avoid any discussion...
By Rabbi Josef Davidson
• Published August 8, 2024
Every parent has at one time or another instructed his/her child to “use your words” when asking for something instead of using pointing, grunting, crying, yelling or such nonverbal behavior.
Human beings are verbal creatures, and if children are...
