In these days of asking tough questions, taking stock, revisiting memories and trying to do better in 5767, books are essential tools. Several new works from different disciplines and traditions, some of which don’t mention the words Days of Awe, lend new meaning to the holidays — on caring for orphans, baking bread, deepening celebrations, understanding forgiveness, practicing kindness, exploring traditional liturgy and rituals.
Rabbi Chaim Brook’s path was never in doubt.
Balva details his spiritual journey, which began in prison, in his book “Conviction” (Menucha Publishers). He wrote it by hand at the start of the pandemic, during a prison lockdown.
MAZON and the other organizations have been working tirelessly to raise awareness across communities, on social media and in mainstream media of what’s happening in Congress and this critical moment.
Less than three months ago, Eliya Cohen, 28, was a hostage in Gaza. This month, he joined a group of children with cancer who arrived in Los Angeles for a 10-day dream vacation organized by Lehosheet Yad.
A roundup of incidents, good and bad, happening on school campuses.
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