Archive for 2020
Building Bridges
I would like to encourage you to read the OU statement in the “wake of the Death of Mr. George Floyd
Detoxing
Confession in the Plural In the first parsha we read after the Festival of Shavuos, the season of the giving
Elevate Ourselves for A Higher Cause
What can we do about what is happening now? This week’s Torah reading offers a direction in the Nazirite
Uplifting One Another in Difficult Times
This week’s Torah portion, begins with an unspoken challenge: “how do we lift up the faces of one another?”
Sotah
In this week’s portion, the mitzva of Sotah is discussed. A sotah is when a woman was secluded with
Palestinian Journalist on George Floyd Death: Arab Society ‘Must Also Examine Our Own Racism’
Protesters gather at the scene where George Floyd, an unarmed black man, was pinned down by a police officer kneeling
Shock in Germany After Neo-Nazi Gunman Who Attacked Synagogue on Yom Kippur Attempts Prison Escape
Flowers and candles are seen outside a synagogue in Halle, Germany, Oct. 10, 2019, after two people were killed in
Israel’s Team8 Launches VC Fund to Invest in AI, Cybersecurity
Derek Vadala, the chief executive of a joint venture between Moody’s Corp and Israeli cyber group Team8, and Nadav Zafrir,
Turkey Looks to Lock in Libya Gains as Erdogan Hosts PM
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan meets with Libya’s internationally-recognized Prime Minister Fayez al-Serraj, at the Presidential Palace in Ankara, Turkey,
Half of Israelis Support West Bank Annexation, Poll Finds
A general view picture shows houses in the Israeli settlement of Maale Adumim, in the West Bank, Feb. 15, 2017.