Posted by in Uncategorized This is a reprint of the article in the Jewish Week about new MK Ruth Calderon who was number 13 on the Yesh Atid list in the recent Israeli election. Dr. Calderon is an amazing teacher of Talmud and founder of ELUL an egalitarian yeshiva in Israel. Her first speech in the Knesset, translated below…Read more »
Posted by in Uncategorized Today is the 8th of Elul-my father’s Yarzeit. Funny this year it came one day after my mother’s birthday. 17 years ago he died of old age and Parkinson’s. He was 89. He had sparkly blue eyes. And I only remember him with a head of silver hair. Even in his old age. He was…Read more »
Posted by in Uncategorized Today the Jewish month of Elul begins. This is the end and the beginning. It is the last month of 5771. The end of the year. But the beginning of the process of cheshbon hanefesh which is the deep introspection of the soul. We are to begin the process of repentance now. Not wait for…Read more »
Walking Humbly. Seeking Justice. Living with Hope. 