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Choose Your Own Jewish Adventure

Posted on March 24, 2023

Our parsha this week details the many possibilities and pathways available to our ancestors for connecting to God amidst their travels in the wilderness. Here, in the first portion of Continue Reading »

Nisan Is Coming!

Posted on March 17, 2023

This Shabbat, we will announce the new month of Nisan, due to arrive Wednesday night. Nisan brings Passover, our Jewish springtime festival, marking the season of renewal and rebirth. We Continue Reading »

Blind Lady Justice

My Heart is in the East

Posted on February 10, 2023

The Medieval Jewish poet, Yehuda HaLevi, wrote, “My heart is in the East, and I am in the far reaches of the West.” Israel is on my heart always, and Continue Reading »

Maryland plaque EJI

A Final Reflection from the Montgomery Mission Trip

Posted on February 3, 2023

Our final stop was EJI’s National Memorial for Peace and Justice. It is the nation’s first memorial dedicated to the legacy of enslaved Black people and thousands upon thousands of Continue Reading »

State House Alabama

The Alabama State House

Posted on February 3, 2023

Sitting at the Atlanta airport reflecting on today’s visits… Before we left Montgomery, we went to the Alabama State House and met with Representative Christopher England and clerk and powerhouse, Continue Reading »

Freedom Wall

It is because of what the LORD did for me when I went free from Egypt

Posted on February 3, 2023

Exodus 13:8 “And you shall explain to your child on that day, ‘It is because of what the LORD did for me when I went free from Egypt.” Tuesday, we Continue Reading »

Brick quote Rosa Parks mission trip

God is close to all who call out, to all who call out in truth

Posted on February 3, 2023

“God is close to all who call out, to all who call out in truth” – Psalms 145 Grateful to be on this journey. On Monday, our group of rabbis Continue Reading »

Legacy Memorial Museum mission

Listen – your brother’s blood cries out from the earth…

Posted on February 3, 2023

“Listen – your brother’s blood cries out from the earth…” Gen 4:10 ק֚וֹל דְּמֵ֣י אָחִ֔יךָ צֹעֲקִ֥ים אֵלַ֖י מִן־הָֽאֲדָמָֽה׃ Waking up in Central Time in Montgomery, I am reflecting on yesterday’s Continue Reading »

Emma Liberty Quote

We Will All Go!

Posted on January 27, 2023

These winter weeks, in our Torah, we read the story of our people’s liberation from Egypt; the triumphs and setbacks, the twists and turns. This Shabbat, in Parashat Bo, after many Continue Reading »

Practice & Plasticity

Posted on January 20, 2023

In the Talmud, Rabbi Yossi imagines that every Friday evening, two ministering angels accompany a person home from shul, a good angel and an evil angel. When the entourage comes Continue Reading »