There are no holidays in the month of Cheshvan. No day in Cheshvan to prepare for and say this is the particular face we focus on to guide us towards what is holy now. No guide for my eyes and heart to land on to celebrate You.
It’s the mysticism of ordinariness. The mysticism, perhaps, of boringness, of this is what you get when the magic stops.
This moment.
Of pancakes and the pancreas,
Of over-reacting, of relaxing, of this un-particular face of holiness
that is totally unique to you.
On May 18, Shalom Institute dedicated the following new spaces on its Alan D. Leve Campus in the Malibu mountains: its Annette M. Leve Amphitheater; Spatz Wunderlich Family Ropes Course and Adventure Center; and the Kaplan Family Nature Grove.
The impetus for the Off the Chart awards began during the COVID-19 pandemic, after co-founder Victoria Mann Simms visited hospitals and was struck by the emotional and professional toll on nurses.
I have an honest question for my fellow progressives: Do you think we’re being tricked into resenting or blaming “all Jews” for what’s happening in Gaza or tolerating people who do? Hear me out.
For elections to happen, someone within the coalition must believe they have something to gain from them. A glance at the average polling numbers reveals a simple truth: no one in the current coalition has anything to gain.
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