Parashat MIketz-Joseph, Lighting the Hanukkah Candles for The Eighth Night, and Candles as a Symbol of Shalom Bayit/Family Peace In our Torah reading cycle, we are in the middle of the Joseph stories in the Book of Bereshit/Genesis. Joseph, the son of the Jacob, the third Jewish patriarch, has been...
I am wishing all of you a very Happy Hanukkah! As we light the first candle tonight, I pray that the lights bring brightness to your lives and remind you of the strength of our people in times of darkness. Lately, we’ve been walking the path of the Maccabees, a...
We are glued to the news. Hostages are released in groups. When will they all be home? How can the lives of these poor children ever be the same? How will these families ever find a kind of normalcy again? How do we find joy when so many are still...
On Tuesday I was one of 300,000 people who descended on our nation’s capital to rally for the release of 240 hostages being held by Hamas. We stood together across faith, across denomination, across race and sexuality as we sang out and prayed for an end to antisemitism. We applauded...
We all have enduring reminders of our ancestors whether in the form of stories, songs, ritual objects, art, or memories. I have 3 sisters, and we all have an heirloom or two, but mine is extraordinarily special. My grandmother gave me my great grandmother’s Shabbat candlesticks that were brought over...
All items should be NEW, unwrapped, and will be collected in the lobby through December 15th. Donations will support Champions For Cheltenham. *Students in grades K-3, please buy: Leggings for girls age 8-12 *Students in grades 4-6, please buy: Five below games, journals, drawing supplies, craft kits, science kits, fidgets...
With the pain and terror in Israel and in our hearts, it is difficult to find a soundtrack besides the horror in the media. Our hearts are aching, and this heaviness, emotionally, is challenging. Many of you are asking what can you do and how can you help? Here are...
As I write this column, our Trustees have just completed an energetic Revenue Summit, the first in a planned series of meetings, in which we identified KI’s internal strengths and weaknesses and the external opportunities and financial threats to our future. We’re now scheduling Summit II for August to analyze...
I read an article recently about the Bar Kohba revolt which took place 2,000 years ago. Maybe you know about it. If not, let me tell you the story. Centuries ago, way back in the year 132 in Israel, with the great Temple just recently destroyed, the Roman ruler of...
The connections between this week’s Torah portion and our own lives scream out at us! As I write these words, we are living through a time of grave uncertainty for the State of Israel and the Jewish people all over the world. The events of the past twelve days have...
