B’ha-a-lo-techa: The March Begins, Miriam’s Nastiness, Moses’ Verbal Prayer for Her Good Health, and To Bigotry No Sanction As we begin the reading of B’haalotecha, the third portion of B’Midbar/Numbers, the Israelites remain encamped at the foot of Mount Sinai. They stay at this location for a full year after...

The recent events in Israel are very disconcerting and we are praying for those under attack who have to keep running to their bomb shelters.  Our hearts go out to those who are undergoing these harrowing attacks and living in these dangerous times.  Complexity exists in our beloved Israel. The...

This week for “Rabbi’s Talk,” a regular Wednesday night KI online zoom program, we learned about the Warsaw Ghetto on the 78th anniversary of the uprising.  The Uprising began on the eve of Passover, April 18, 1943 and lasted for 27 days.  Although of little military consequence, the Uprising nevertheless...