by Faith Joy Dantowitz | Aug 16, 2019
Tisha B’Av 5779 by Rabbi Faith Joy Dantowitz, Sunday, August 11, 2019 “Will there be any chairs there? No, but I will bring one for you.” On Sunday morning I placed a few folding chairs in my trunk before I drove to the Peter Rodino Federal Building in Newark. When I...
by Jessica F. Epstein | Aug 5, 2019
Postcards from Jerusalem , Part 5, Hebron Part 3: Rock the Casbah By Cantor Jessica F. Epstein The smell hit me first. The Casbah had a terrible, rotten smell. It was dark. The passageway was unpleasant and dirty when you entered this part of the Old City of Hebron....
by David Z. Vaisberg | Aug 5, 2019
Putting Words to Feelings By Rabbi David Z, Vaisberg, 8/5/2019 Thoughts and prayers matter when they lead to action. It has taken too long for my thoughts to coagulate after the 250th and 251st shooting this year. My first reaction tends to be, of course…why would we...
by Jessica F. Epstein | Aug 1, 2019
Postcards from Jerusalem: Hebron Part 4−Hebron Part 2: Kiryat Arba and Ibrihimi Mosque by Cantor Jessica F. Epstein The bus turned right, and I was suddenly in a timeless landscape. The rolling hills of Judea are terraced by worn grey stones and filled with olive...
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