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Passover & Klal Yisrael

April 10, 2013

Coming Together As A Community During the last election, Jewish supporters of Barak Obama pointed to the fact that he was the first President to hold a seder in the White House. They can now also take pride in the fact that Obama is the first President to make a pre-Passover pilgrimage to Israel. As […]

Responding to Newtown

Michael Birnholz / Rabbi /

January 6, 2013

At the beginning of this Shabbat’s haftarah portion, the prophet Ezekiel takes two sticks, one representing the tribes of Judah and the other the Northern Tribes, and holds them together as if they were one. Holding the sticks aloft, signaling a future strong and united Israel, the prophet offers hope to the Israelites exiled in […]