https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tSBy-fC1BcI In a commencement address, the author George Saunders shared a story from his youth.1 When he was in the seventh grade, there was a

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Yesterday, I read about an Israeli mother who said:“Don’t send your sons to the army without a foreign passport.”I haven’t stopped thinking about it since.

I lived in Israel for two years. I learned that there are few days more sacred in Israel’s calendar than Yom HaZikaron. It is the

To pro-Palestinian activists: why the silence on Hamas executing Palestinian protesters? If you say you care about Palestinian rights — this is your moment to

Dear Congregants, I want to take a moment to share how deeply proud I am of our congregation and the tremendous impact we have had

Dear Temple Beth El Family, I’m writing to you from Spain, where I am leading our congregational trip through the places our Sephardic ancestors once

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