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Thoughts on Yom HaShoah
April 19, 2023
Yesterday on the 28th of Nissan, we commemorated Yom HaShoah, Holocaust Remembrance Day. The date for Yom HaShoah is traditionally the 27th of Nissan, which marks the Warsaw Ghetto uprising. …
The Sound of Love and a Jerusalem Choral Experience
August 9, 2022
I lived in Jerusalem for Cantorial school in 2003 and let’s just say I love it. The sounds of calls to prayer, the sights of people walking to shul with …
Outdoor Concert for Ukraine and Jerusalem
May 10, 2022
If I would have written this title a mere six months ago, many of you may have questioned my pairing of two entities that hold such polarizing places within us …
Everybody Needs a Getaway
March 28, 2022
This was the first Beth El Religious School retreat in two years, so it’s kind of a shame there aren’t too many pictures. (Shabbat) And since we went two years …
Heroes in Ukraine
March 15, 2022
Tomorrow is the beginning of Purim, and it could not come at a more somber time. Millions of people are fleeing the Ukraine and seeking shelter in Poland, Czech Republic, …