Takeaways from Chanukah 2011/5772

By: Yossi Prager As Chanukah draws to an end, I have begun to think about the takeaways from the holiday that I hope will inspire me well into 2012.  Rather than focus on the traditions of the holiday, my thoughts drift to the underlying events and the sense of pride...

Why Rosh Hashana is Also a Day of Joy: A Personal Reflection

By: Yossi Prager Rosh Hashana is considered a Day of Awe, the result of it being a day of divine judgment.  However, a little-known biblical story mandates that it is also a joyous day, for reasons that remain relevant today. The story begins some 2,500 years ago, on...

Piyyut Festival 2011: September 19-22, 2011

Located in the heart of Jerusalem, BEIT AVI CHAI is a cultural center providing a place  to encourage the many different expressions of Israeli-Jewish society and culture.  It is hosting The Fourth Jerusalem Piyyut Festival, which will be streamed live, at no charge,...

In Matt’s Own Words

At his funeral on Friday, Matt Fenster’s dream to build support for day schools was posthumously read to the overflowing audience. Family and friends, In my opinion, the single biggest crisis facing the American Jewish population is the unaffordability of Jewish day...

21st Century Torah

By Sarah Kass In a few weeks time, when we read Parshat Eikev, we will once again be invited to contend with the warning in Devarim Chapter VIII against building big houses and amassing great physical assets, lest we “become haughty and forget God”   and foolishly...
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