Archive 2012

Julie Schonfeld spoke today at the National Cathedral Gun Violence Vigil, where leaders in the Jewish community joined together with Roman Catholics, Episcopalians, Muslims, Baptists, Methodists, Quakers, Evangelicals, Sikhs and other...

By David LernerLast Friday morning, I was sitting in my study writing a sermon as I heard the unfolding nightmarish news about a school shooting in Newtown, CT. Watching our preschoolers running around the playground, I was overwhelmed by sadness.

Gerry Skolnik participated with over a dozen colleagues in the Masorti Solidarity Mission to Israel. By Gerry Skolnik As the festival of Hanukkah approaches, hanukkiyot - Hanukkah menorahs - seem to sprout from every public building in Israel,...

Julie Schonfeld participated with over a dozen colleagues in the Masorti Solidarity Mission to Israel.Her experiences on the first day follow below:By Julie Schonfeld In the United States, it often seems that our discussions about religious...

By Alvan Kaunfer You may have grown up, as I did, singing the two Hanukkah candle blessings thanking God for "performing miracles for us " ... ba-yamim ha-heim ba-z'man ha-zeh.” Many of you may have noticed a small but significant change in...

By Julie SchonfeldOriginally published in The Jewish Week Judaism offers much wisdom to help people in our communities cultivate the resilience to recover from the aftereffects of Sandy, a storm that created a unique situation affecting an...

By Elliot Salo SchoenbergThis year’s National Career Development Association (NCDA) 2012 conference took place in Atlanta GA. Career professionals attended from all over the world. I spent a day studying social media and sharpened my skills with...

By Elliot Salo SchoenbergAdapted from The Highway, a complete search manual for rabbis seeking new rabbinic positionsNew Beginnings William Bridges, an internationally acclaimed transition consultant, teaches us that the “New Beginning” does not...

By Ashira Konigsburg “A Personal Message on an Important Theme.” These vague words written on the cover of a long forgotten pamphlet gave little hint as to the weight of the history found inside. In 1942 as thousands of Jewish men were drafted...

In the article below, Rabbinical Assembly member Antonio Di Gesu reflects on his experiences as a rabbi in Japan on the (then) upcoming anniversary of the tsunami (the tsunami occurred on March 11, 2011). He describes two projects that received...

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Answer Our Prayers: Remarks at the National Cathedral Gun Violence Vigil

A Shot Heard Round the Nation

Treasuring a Timeless Message

Inspired by Noam: Day 1 of the Masorti Solidarity Mission to Israel

Miracles in Those Days and in Our Own: A Note on the Hanukkah Blessings

Judaism Honors Our Children's Questions

Career Development at the NCDA Conference

Transition and New Beginnings

Agunot & Memorial Day

Op-Ed: In Japan, Pride in the Jewish Response to Tsunami

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