Divrei 5774

Parshat R’eih: Open Hearts & Hands Rabbi Susan Laemmle, August 23, 2014: 27 Av 5774 Earlier this summer, the New York Times opinion section included an interesting social science piece

VeEtchanan 5744/2014 by Meyer Shwarzstein From Wikipedia I learned that the Shema is one of the sentences that is quoted in the New Testament.  I also learned that Justin Beiber says

Parshat Naso By Diane Roosth, May 31, 2014 The notion of brachot as gratitude for material, spiritual, and personal blessings is central to the priestly blessing and, I believe, also

Shabbat HaGadol By Joel Grossman, April 12, 2014 Whenever I think of Shabbat hagadol I remember a special bar mitzvah that my family attended in Miami Beach about 15 years

Parsha Metzorah Barry Oppenheim, April 5, 2014 Hazing. Most of us are familiar with the concept of ‘hazing’. For those not – hazing is defined as the imposition of strenuous,

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Parashat Vayakhel Tom Fields-Meyer, February 22, 2014 I used to work in an office building where there was a security guard posted in the lobby, a man I’ll call Tony.

Tetzaveh – What is Holiness? by Salvador Litvak – Feb. 8, 2014 – 8 Adar I, 5774 Good Shabbos! Eight weeks ago, Moses entered the Torah narrative when we read

Terumah by Meyer Shwarzstein – Feb 1, 2014 In screenwriting class, I learned a term called Suspension of Disbelief. It means that your audience must be willing to ignore enough

Shmini Atzeret 5774 Jackie, the Jews, and Ethnicity in Post-War America By Michael Berenbaum Because Jackie was the first, he played for everyone who had been denied a chance, whose