“And when the dew fell upon the camp in the night, the manna fell upon it.” (Numbers 11:9) Enter “Leadership” into your computer’s search engine and you could spend the … Continued
Scout Builds Aron Kodesh in Bahrain for Eagle Project
Guest Post By Takeshi Shiratori On Naval Support Activity (NSA) Bahrain there is a small Jewish community of around 20 people. They use the Chapel of Hope as a place … Continued
Doron Krakow Joins Board of JPRO Network
JCC Association of North America is honored to announce that the organization’s president and CEO, Doron Krakow, has joined the board of JPRO Network, an organization that connects, educates, inspires … Continued
Parashat Naso (Numbers 4:21-7:89)
“The Lord spoke to Moses, saying: Take a census of the Gershonites, also, by their ancestral house and by their clans.” (Numbers 4:21) Parashat Naso (Hebrew for “lift up”) is … Continued
Festival Times
Last week the Jewish world celebrated Shavuot, Chag Matan Torah, the Jewish holiday celebrating the receiving of the Torah highlights recent changes in Israel’s pluralistic climate. We see more and … Continued
D’ash – Sanctifying Public Space
Sanctifying Public Space There are many blessings to living in Israel that, often in the hustle and bustle of day-to-day survival, even we take for granted. Living in the Holy … Continued
Parashat B’midbar (Numbers 1:1-4:20)
“I hereby take the Levites from among the Israelites in place of all their first-born, the first of the womb among the Israelites: the Levites shall be Mine.” (Numbers 3:12) … Continued
Parashat B’chukotai (Leviticus 26:3-27:34)
“I will look with favor upon you, and make you fertile and multiply you; and I will maintain My covenant with you.” (Leviticus: 26:9) Parashat B’chukotai opens with the classic … Continued
Parashat B’har (Leviticus 25:1-26:2)
“Do not wrong one another, but fear your God; for I the Lord am your God.” (Leviticus 25:17) Parashat B’har describes the shmita as a shabbat shabbaton, a Sabbath of … Continued
Parashat Kedoshim (Leviticus 19:1-20:27)
“When a stranger resides with you in your land, you shall not wrong him.” (Leviticus (19:33) Parashat K’doshim’s opening words are the whole ball of wax: “And the Lord spoke … Continued