Is This the Fast I Desire?
By Rabbi Judy Schindler On Monday night, I made an unusual promise not with my words but a click on my computer. I made a
By Rabbi Judy Schindler On Monday night, I made an unusual promise not with my words but a click on my computer. I made a
by Rabbi Judith Schindler “Baruch dayan haemet” We are called to say when news of a death reaches our ears. “Blessed be the True Judge.”
by Rabbi Judy Schindler Haifa is Israel’s San Francisco. Both are port cities with hills, spectacular views, and mellow co-existence. Tzfat is Israel’s Asheville. Here
by Rabbi Judy Schindler To be Jewish is to be part of a big family, thirteen million strong. To be Jewish is to be part
At the entrance of Israel’s Holocaust Museum, Yad Vashem, is a most beautiful garden lined with carob trees planted to honor the righteous gentiles of
The heavenly Jerusalem is that for which we pray, dream, and hope. A Shabbat afternoon stroll on the Old City rooftops gives you a taste
“Days are scrolls, write on them only what you want to be remembered,” Bachya Ibn Pakuda taught. Digging at a tel (an archeological site) in
After stormy delays from Charlotte, and mechanical delays out of Philly, the thirty members of Beth El arrived happily and safely to Jerusalem. Israeli bagels,
by Rabbi Judy Schindler At Sinai we were told: kabed et avichah v’et imechah – Honor your father and mother. At Hallmark stores, we are