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God’s Abortive Assassination Attempt
Parshat Shmot which we read this week contains one of the most bizarre incidents in all of the Torah. By ...
Can Synagogues Be More Like Starfish?
Membership is lagging, we haven’t been able to convince the preschool families to join the synagogue and sales in the ...
The Souls Who Whisper are Yelling Now
When I cook in my kitchen, I have a lot of company. I sometimes speak aloud to my grandmother who ...
Talking About Not Talking About It
Film lovers will be familiar with the concept of a “macguffin”—a term popularized by Alfred Hitchcock, master of mystery and psychological and emotional ...
The Sunrise Of A New Year
I am emotionally fatigued by all the heartbreak of this past summer. I am drained by the tragedy of the ...
The OTHER Nadiv Educator
As the summer drew to a close, I took a picture with the other Nadiv Educator at my camp. He’s ...
Hot ShoTz and Tefillahpalooza, Part Deux
Back in October, we tried something new at the day school half of my job: Tefillahpalooza. You can read the ...
Holy War: What Would Moses Do?
Joshua, Moses’ trusted assistant, has exactly three spoken lines in the Five Books of Moses, a.k.a. the Torah .After the ...
Summer Camp Circle Game
“And go round and round and round in the circle game…”The words of Joni Mitchell’s classic folk song have been ...
Are You Bossy, Pushy, or Executive Leadership Material? Take This Quiz to Find Out!
1. Do you have strong ideas and opinions?a. Yes b. No2. Do you share these ideas with others? a. Yes ...