Dear world,
If we could all learn to share like this …. There would be peace.
Peace in our hearts.
Peace in our homes.
Peace in our neighborhoods.
Peace in our country.
Peace in our world.
It all begins with taking a moment in time to give with kindness and to receive with gratitude (and to hope that you don’t give someone a cold in the process!).
With love and shalom,
Rabbi Zach Shapiro
As Israel turns 78, its alliance with America is being questioned from all sides. What is the wise path forward?
This second place is the highest that an American has won in 13 years.
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Nowadays, most Fridays find me breading and frying schnitzel.
Like many enduring recipes – traditional rugelach dates back centuries in Eastern Europe – it was passed down, adapted and refined in kitchens through multiple generations.
We are so very fortunate that the diaspora shows up when Israel is under rocket fire and we are in shelters. The harder question is whether they will show up when Israel is underpriced.
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Rachel is a gifted woman who has been chosen to carry a burden. And in turn, she has chosen, by her own telling, to write and to speak about that burden.
A Jewish state means what international law has long recognized, what the moral logic of self-determination requires, and what the law of indigenous rights confirms.
When it comes to judging other people, we cannot believe all we see.
Our nation’s leaders should exclude those whose behavior violates America’s fundamental moral values. That will send a message to athletes and aspiring athletes around the world that the United States rejects bigotry.
Christianity and Islam make fundamentally different claims about Jesus.
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As Israel turns 78, its alliance with America is being questioned from all sides. What is the wise path forward?
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