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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…
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…
Creating Divine Spaces I Shabbat Shalom, 5 Adar II 5784
By Doron Krakow Creating Divine Spaces This week’s Torah portion, Pikudei | פְקוּדֵ֤י, finds the…
The 92nd Street Y Turns 150 I Shabbat Shalom, 21 Adar I 5784
By Doron Krakow I was privileged to return to the 92nd Street Y last Sunday…
Turning of the Wheel I Shabbat Shalom, 14 Adar I 5784
By Doron Krakow Turning of the Wheel Among the first JCC communities I visited back…
Also and Also | גם וגם | Gam V'Gam | Shabbat Shalom 30 Shevat 5784
By Doron Krakow Also and Also | גם וגם | Gam V’Gam What a strange…
Rose-Colored Past, Mist-Shrouded Future | Shabbat Shalom 23 Shevat 5784
By Doron Krakow Rose-Colored Past, Mist-Shrouded Future This week’s Torah portion, Parashat Yitro | פרשת…
Seventy-Five to One Hundred to One | Shabbat Shalom 9 Shevat 5784
By Doron Krakow Seventy-Five to One Hundred to One They came from JCCs across the…
The Talmud and October 7 | Shabbat Shalom 24 Tevet 5784
By Doron Krakow The Talmud and October 7 Among the most remarkable characters I have…
Carmel Giora | Shabbat Shalom 24 Tevet 5784
By Doron Krakow Carmel Giora | כרמל גיורא They named him Carmel Giora. Carmel is…