Current
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What started as Macklemore’s hijacking of Ed Sheeran’s concert tour via a Free Palestine message has spiraled into international news, reigniting the Israel/Palestine debate, and almost canceling Ed Sheeran’s tour altogether. Patriots owner Robert Kraft tried to silence Macklemore. Ed Sheeran tried to remain silent. And Jewish singer/songwriter Pink inserted herself into the debacle commenting […]
Sukkot
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Henderson, Nevada is beautiful. We have sunshine nearly every day of the year. The skies are almost always blue and bright. It rarely rains, but when it does, it comes in sudden, dramatic bursts. Last year, those torrential downpours came pouring down Friday night during Sukkot. Instead of having our meal in the sukkah, we […]
Each autumn, as harvest time arrives and the world prepares for winter, something remarkable happens in Jewish communities worldwide: families leave their secure homes and move into temporary shelters made of branches and leaves. It seems like the worst possible timing - trading solid roofs for open sky just as weather turns harsh. What wisdom […]
The festival of Sukkot is called “the time of our rejoicing”. Why is Sukkot, of all holidays, singled out as the season of joy? The answer lies in the sukkah itself. When we leave our solid homes with their sturdy roofs and protective walls, and move into a temporary dwelling covered with s’chach, the foliage […]
