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These days – these years – have been exhausting. Caring and engaged Jews everywhere constantly shift and pivot as every day brings dramatic developments and surprises. “Baboker tomar mi yitein

Dear Friends, I hope this note finds you personally as well as can be and managing these challenging and exhausting times. Our thoughts are especially focused on our colleagues and

Dear Friends, I hope this note finds you personally well and managing this challenging time when our minds, hearts, and prayers are focused on the unfolding situation in Israel. I

At this critical time, as Israeli forces courageously undertake defensive strikes against the malevolent Iranian regime and its forces and as the State of Israel and Jews everywhere encounter much

Dear Friends, I hope this note finds you well and managing these challenging times. There are only two places I know of where our sages spoke of people looking in

Dear Friends, I hope this note finds you well and managing these challenging times. As we approach Shavuot, I want to take a moment to acknowledge each and every one

Dear Friends, I hope this note finds you well and managing these challenging times. Wednesday night’s tragic shooting of Sarah Milgrim and Yaron Lischinsky at the Jewish Museum in Washington,

Dear Friends, Happy Lag BaOmer! I hope this message finds you well and managing these challenging times. It is a striking irony that we associate the period of Sefirat HaOmer with the

Dear Friends, I hope this note finds you well and navigating these challenging times. The heart of Sefer Vayikra conveys many mitzvot, including the Torah’s ritual laws of issur v’heter, tamei v’tahor, the