I can't remember the first time when I heard the blessing which is given to children, but I know that throughout my youth I was confused...
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Two Minutes of Torah: Vayigash - Gotta find my purpose
In the musical Avenue Q, the story begins with Princeton, a recent college graduate trying to find his way in the world. He is unsure what h...
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Two Minutes of Torah: Mikketz - A fair swap
When I was at school I remember that the collecting of football (soccer) stickers was very popular amongst us boys. We would buy packets of ...
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CCAR Mission to Israel - Work to be done...
I think that this will be my penultimate blog post, with one more to follow with reflections on the trip as a whole. Wednesday was the last ...
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Two Minutes of Torah: Vayeishev - Open your eyes
I often wonder if the way that I see colors is the same way that other people view them. Recently I was flying to Israel, on a journey which...
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CCAR Mission to Israel - Keeping the Faith...
In writing about Tuesday (I think it was Tuesday, although I've lost track of the days) I was so excited about visiting the neighborhood...
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CCAR Mission to Israel - My Saba's neighborhood...
Yesterday began in the north of Israel, with a visit to the mystical city of Tsfat. Walking around the city we were truly walking in the foo...
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CCAR Mission to Israel - How times change...
Yesterday began at Beit Shmuel, the center of Reform Judaism in Israel, housing many of our movement's offices in Israel. Coming back ...
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CCAR Mission to Israel - The safest school in the world...
Yesterday was truly a day of contrasts. Divided between the old city of Jerusalem and the present day experience of Israelis living in the s...
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CCAR Mission to Israel - Oh Jerusalem...
So yesterday I joined up with the rest of the participants on the formal part of the CCAR Mission. I had spent Shabbat with my family in Ram...
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TCS Bulletin - The Dedication of our Torah
Whenever I have my first meeting with a Bnei Mitzvah family, amongst the questions that I ask, I always like to find out what the young per...
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