Let’s Do Our Part
Each member of the Jewish community has a critical role to play in support of our brothers and sisters in the State of Israel.
Study Partners
Schedule time to study Torah and Jewish thought with others as it will sharpen and help refine your understanding. In the very same chapter of Pirkei Avot/Ethics of the Fathers that…
Head Start
Prepare for Shavuot by downloading our free eBook "Jewish Treats on the Ten Commandments" by clicking here.
Start Planning
To enjoy a beautiful and transformational Passover holiday, begin removing leavened food items and make plans to swap in utensils that have never been in contact with chametz.
Presidents’ Day: The Jews and Martin Van Buren
In 1840, the news of the terrible fate of the Jewish community of Damascus (Syria) reached the shores of America and brought the disparate Jewish communities of the young American nation…
Thoughts for the Heart
In honor of American Heart Month, and because caring for one’s health is part of two Torah mitzvot of "V’nish’martem me’od l’naf’sho’tay’chem" and "hatzalat n’fashoat" (guarding and…
Start Brushing and Flossing
The Torah teaches us v’nishmartem m’od l’nafshoteichem, to be most careful with [the health] of your souls (Deuteronomy, 4:15). To hopefully minimize the number of toothaches and,…
Martin Buber
I and Thou (Ich und Du), the best-known philosophical work of Martin Buber (February 8, 1878–June 13, 1965), was published in 1923. I and Thou presents Buber’s philosophy of dialogue, the…
Start Planning Gelt
Stock up on oil or candles and prepare your menorah, dreidels and gelt, Yiddish for coins, in anticipation of the upcoming holiday of Chanukah that begins on Sunday evening, December…
Thanksgiving Starters
At your Thanksgiving meal, use topics from the Torah as conversation starters.