By Leah Garber Yom HaShoah | Holocaust Remembrance Day: Never Again? “Where are you? What are you doing? Are you safe and sound or by now just bones, perhaps ashes? … Continued
Day 208: Iron Swords War
Looking Down and Asking for Forgiveness When last I wrote, it was before Pesach, a holiday that more than anything signifies redemption. Since then, we all sat around festive Pesach … Continued
Day 195: Iron Swords War
By Leah Garber This is the time to act the most holy we the Jewish people have ever acted in our history. This is the time to do something out … Continued
Day 191: Iron Swords War
By Leah Garber God who is in heaven, Protector and Redeemer of Israel, bless the State of Israel, the dawn of our deliverance. Shield it beneath the wings of Your … Continued
Day 188: Iron Swords War
By Leah Garber “Life is a Celebration”/Ilay Nachman, z”l October 9, 2023 Dear Pinemere Families, Like most of you, I was shocked and devastated this weekend by the news coming … Continued
Day 185: Iron Swords War
By Leah Garber Go son, go down to the water And see the women weeping there Then go up into the mountains The men, they are weeping too. Father, why … Continued
Day 180: Iron Swords War
By Leah Garber The weather is warming up; hot, dusty desert winds are blowing, hitting the air and the atmosphere. After almost six months of fighting in Gaza, the 134 … Continued
Lo alecha hamlacha ligmor… | שַׁבָּת שָׁלוֹם Shabbat Shalom I 19 Adar II 5784
Lo alecha hamlacha ligmor… | … לא עליך המלאכה לגמור “It is not your duty to finish the work, but neither are you at liberty to neglect it.” —R. … Continued
Day 172: Iron Swords War
By Leah Garber “Where there is no flour, there is no Torah; if there is no Torah, there is no flour.” — Ethics of the Fathers, 3:17 One hundred, seventy-two … Continued
Saloon Doors at the Tel Aviv Hilton I שַׁבָּת שָׁלוֹם Shabbat Shalom I 12 Adar II 5784
By Doron Krakow Saloon Doors at the Tel Aviv Hilton I arrived at the Tel Aviv Museum for the opening of the Jewish Funders Network (JFN) conference—my first. Originally scheduled … Continued