Telling the Jewish story
By Joshua Yudkin In the musical “Hamilton,” Lin-Manuel Miranda reflects on the legacy of America’s forefathers and writes, “You have no control [of] who lives, who dies, who tells your…
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June 22, 2022
Making the world a better place
Dear Families, Summer is the time for camp and many of us have wonderful camp memories. I am truly blessed because I create new memories each summer as I continue…
June 22, 2022
Nach Yomi
Dear Rabbi Fried, I have recently heard from a few women about a local initiative for women to study a chapter a week of the Tanach but don’t really understand…
June 22, 2022
Embracing the challenge: not if, but how
By Rabbi Dan LewinParashat Shlach The main event of this week features a spoiled episode of espionage. At that fateful moment, the Jewish people were in good spirits, hopeful as…
June 22, 2022
Hillel’s 3 questions
Dear Families, Summer is the time for camp and many of us have wonderful camp memories. I am truly blessed because I create new memories each summer as I continue…
June 15, 2022
The prayers of Gentiles
Dear Rabbi Fried, Your most recent column on “The Wailing Wall” was very interesting and brought a question to my mind. I was unaware that Gentiles were also interested in…
June 15, 2022
Remember again and again
By Rabbi Kimberly Herzog CohenParashat Beha’alotecha This week I celebrated my birthday. So many discoveries and such growth can happen in a year, especially when there is so much grief…
June 15, 2022
Support for the IDF
Photo: Courtesy of Yerachmiel FriedGraves of fallen soldiers near Hebron Dear Rabbi, Thank you for all of your recent columns regarding Israel. I was particularly moved by the story from…
June 9, 2022
2 songs about peace
Dear Families, Summer is the time for camp and many of us have wonderful camp memories. I am truly blessed because I create new memories each summer as I continue…
June 9, 2022
A trio of reading treasures
These past few days of recovery have given me unexpected but most welcome chances for some special kinds of reading: most particularly, things I’ve read and loved in the past,…
June 9, 2022