They say that “absence makes the heart grow fonder.” I’m not so sure about that. This weekend, Jewish families all over the world will sit down at their tables for the Passover Seder. This season celebrates freedom; it acknowledges that somewhere in the depths of our history/mythology we were slaves. And that through forces humanContinueContinue reading “Moses and “Moses” – Celebrating Harriet Tubman”
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An Egalitarian Kotel
In the movie The Ten Commandments, Moses comes down the mountain with two tablets, containing the 10 laws that the Israelites are to follow. I love that movie. But it doesn’t tell the whole story. Jewish tradition tells says what happened at Sinai was far bigger than any 10 Commandments. It was even bigger thenContinueContinue reading “An Egalitarian Kotel”
Stranger in a Strange Land
“I have been a stranger in a strange land.” (Exodus 2:22) I am an American living in Canada. It’s not a major culture shock. Sure, there are differences – social, cultural, linguistic, political – between my country of origin and my country of residence. There are things that take getting used to; cultural assumptions thatContinueContinue reading “Stranger in a Strange Land”
Lessons of Auschwitz: A Sermon for Yom Kippur 5776
The Talmud tells about a great sage named Honi who once saw a young man planting a sapling. He sat in the heat of the sun and watched the man digging in the ground, placing the tiny tree into the hole, and surrounding it with earth. And then, Honi sat down in the shade andContinueContinue reading “Lessons of Auschwitz: A Sermon for Yom Kippur 5776”
Rabbi Micah Streiffer 