This coming Shabbat (August 5) we meet a powerful portion. V’etchanen includes the Sh’ma and V’ahavta as well as a re-telling of the 10 Commandments (5) It begins with a heart-rendering statement by Moses as [Read more…]
So I am driving up the inter-state locked in to XMSirius listening to the reality-TV wave of news. I could not help but wondering about the impact on so many people, the challenges that we [Read more…]
Andrew Hanauer, director of the One America Movement, is the guest on this week’s Jewish Sacred Aging Podcast. The One America Movement’s mission is to heal growing divisions in American society, to build human relationships [Read more…]
We begin this Shabbat with the Book of Deuteronomy and the opening verse which tells us that “These are the words that Moses spoke to all Israel” (1:1) Moses proceeds to speak three long sermons [Read more…]
Do you remember the play The Fantasticks? I have seen it a few times and the song that begins “Try to remember” has always stayed with me. I seem to reflect on it several times [Read more…]
With this week’s double portion we come to end of the fourth Torah book. Numbers ends with details regarding confrontation with Midian (31), laws regarding conduct in war and the grand scheme of dividing the [Read more…]
Rabbi Jeffrey Salkin, author of the best-selling b’nai mitzvah guide, Putting God on the Guest List, visits Rabbi Address on the Jewish Sacred Aging Podcast to discuss his newest book, The JPS B’nai Mitzvah Torah Commentary, and trends in [Read more…]
This week we meet a fascinating section of Torah, one that opens the door to several very meaningful discussions. There is the challenge of the Daughters of Zelophechad regarding their ability to inherit their father’s [Read more…]
-OMG! – Heavens to Murgatroid! – WTF! -Holy Moley! -Oy Gevalt! -WTH! -Heavens to Betsy! -Oy Vey! -Fiddlesticks! This is a fine kettle of fish we’re in when we can’t understand the language of our [Read more…]
This week’s guest on the Jewish Sacred Aging Podcast is best-selling author Rabbi Jeffrey Salkin. Rabbi Salkin, author of Putting God on the Guest List, will discuss his latest effort to transform the American Jewish b’nai [Read more…]
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