Calling Out Distortions of the Truth
February 3, 2022
Calling out others for failing to see the truth of our experience can be uncomfortable, but it is a discomfort that can lead to greater understanding.
Rabbi Yoshi Zweiback
Crossing Over Together
January 27, 2022
Sadly, we don’t need any more reminders about how rising antisemitism in America and around the world threatens our safety and security. We understand all too well that the Jewish community must be ever vigilant.
Teach Like God
January 17, 2022
Given my experience at the Hartman Institute, my relationships with its leadership, and my great esteem for the values the Institute carries, I was both surprised and horrified to read about a controversy involving it this past week.
Hope From Survivors
January 12, 2022
Every week my daughter welcomes Shabbat with a group of survivors as part of her participation on the Holocaust Museum LA’s teen advisory board.
Embracing Our Otherness
December 22, 2021
Thankfully, while the Christmas season for Jews in America is often a time where we feel our otherness most acutely, it is no longer a time of persecution or fear.
Reasons to Give Thanks
November 23, 2021
The question Rabbi Davidovits asks is why would God need our words of thanks at all? While we might wish to be thanked for the kindnesses we show others, God is beyond all words of thanksgiving or praise.
Sally Rooney’s Word Games
October 14, 2021
Novelist Sally Rooney, author of the critically acclaimed “Normal People,” has refused to allow her most recent book to be published in Hebrew.
Our Obligation to the Women of Afghanistan
August 20, 2021
The human toll of the United States’ longest war is devastating.
Love In the Time of Elul
August 13, 2021
Elul is a month of preparation leading up to the Ten Days of Repentance.
Endless Hope: A Message for Tu B’Av
July 22, 2021
May this Tu B’Av be a time of gladness and may it serve as a hopeful reminder that in the face of brokenness and despair, we can be the ones to bring healing, unity and love.
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