1+ week, 1+ day ago   (316+ words) By Rabbi Dr. Michael Leo Samuel in Chula Vista, California When Britain asked for bids on a tunnel under the Channel, Cohen and O’Brian named a price no respectable firm would sign. A civil servant found them in a building…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (555+ words) By Michael R. Mantell, Ph.D., in El Cajon, California As we get closer to the High Holidays, a time of reflection, renewal, devoted to prayer and forgiveness, I find myself thinking about what it means to really look at ourselves. We…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (793+ words) By Cailin Acosta in San Diego The class began with a creative exercise: participants selected two pictures that represented how they were feeling emotionally. Rather than simply describing their feelings, they were encouraged to meditate on the images and consider…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (567+ words) Kindness Initiative shared the following message as a short reflection. We dip apples into honey and wish one another a Shanah Tovah U’Metukah – a good and sweet New Year. But the upcoming Rosh Hashanah also gives us an opportunity to…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (429+ words) A siddur does not merely tell Jews what words to say. Its primary purpose is to help congregants understand what they are saying and why: the meaning of what the siddur contains, their biblical and historical sources, and why ancestors…...