Download Weekly Study Materials Pirke Avot Chapter 2, Siman 5 . . . וּבְמָקוֹם שֶׁאֵין אֲנָשִׁים, הִשְׁתַּדֵּל לִהְיוֹת אִיש: In a place where there is no man, strive to be a man . . . in Yiddish: 'zai a mensch' in a place where no one is . . . In a world devoid of humanity, Israel as a … [Read more...]
Our Torah Gatherings – Wed 4/28 & Sun 5/2
Download Weekly Study Materials There is nothing new coming from many political and 'religious' quarters of the world, all claiming Israel as racist and further pushing forward the claim of Israel as an apartheid state. I think our ancestor Ruth would find that to be simply incredulous. We have … [Read more...]
Our Torah Gatherings – Wed 4/21 & Sun 4/25
Download Weekly Study Materials Not 80 years have gone by since an attempt at an almost full destruction of the Jewish people -- and yet both in Israel and abroad, there have arisen an outpouring of new expressions of Jewish culture, all of which are emerging from what one might describe as from … [Read more...]
Our Torah Gatherings – Wed 4/14 & Sun 4/18
Download Weekly Study Materials The Israeli Independence Day (יום העצמאות,Yom Ha'atzmaut) --Jewish Miracle or Jewish Blasphemy The Israeli Independence Day (יום העצמאות, Yom Ha'atzmaut) is a day commemorating the Israeli Declaration of Independence in 1948. It is 'marked' by official and … [Read more...]
Our Torah Gatherings – Wed 4/7 & Sun 4/11
Download Weekly Study Materials So many messages following the Passover and in reflection of the times we live. I often speak of translation and change, and as a result, I will often reflect on 'translation' which appears to be more in the realm of 'interpretation' -- and by that, we can … [Read more...]
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