Stretch your “spiritual muscles” >>
Date: 2018-08-01 | Id: rdw9

Preparing for the High Holidays, like preparing to engage in strenuous physical activity, requires a warm-up. For physical exercise, we have to stretch our muscles; for spiritual exercise we have to stretch our minds.

The Value is in the Values >>
Date: 2018-06-01 | Id: rdw10

What is the value in belonging to a Jewish community? The value is in the values.

Do We Mean It when We Say, ‘Next Year in Jerusalem’? >>
Date: 2018-04-01 | Id: rdw11

Next year in Jerusalem – the “famous last words” of the Passover seder, as well as the closing words of Yom Kippur. Jews have been saying these words for nearly 2,000 years, and this year we have to ask ourselves an important question: Do we mean it?

#MeToo – Starting the Conversation >>
Date: 2018-02-01 | Id: rdw12

From the rape of Dina to King David’s seduction of Batsheva, the Bible is filled with stories of sexual assault and harassment. But one of the first recorded instances of a woman standing up to those who would take advantage of her is in the story of Purim.