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Israel is 73
April 16, 2021
Israel is 73 One of my favorite Israeli broadcast channels is Can 11. They feature intimate interviews with trauma survivors, historical and cultural analyses of holidays such as Pesach …
A practice within a practice
April 2, 2021
A practice within a practice It’s counting time. On the second evening of Pesach we began counting the Omer. What’s an Omer you ask? It’s an ancient allotment of wheat …
We Are Moses
March 25, 2021
This is the fourth week of the month. For Reflections Off the Bimah, the fourth week features thought leaders from throughout the Jewish world and beyond. These special posts give you …
Prayer for the new month
March 12, 2021
64 million. That’s the number of Americans with one vaccine shot according to the Washington Post, as I sit here writing this week’s clergy blog. I got my first shot …
Mad at a God I Don’t Believe In
March 5, 2021
I was recently speaking with a dad about his son’s studies for his bar mitzvah. It was a conversation I have had dozens of times during the pandemic: how many …