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Will There Be More Bostons 5 May 2013 | 07:45 pm
Parashat Emor, April 27, 2013 Last Wednesday, I represented local Jews at the Greater Kansas City Interfaith Council’s gathering at Unity on the Plaza to say prayers of healing for those inj...
The Meaning of Zakhor Today 4 Mar 2013 | 09:05 pm
February 23, 2013: Shabbat Zakhor The mishnah states that a prayer leader who inserts reference to the mitzvah of sheluah ha’kan into the repetition of the amidah is to be silenced. Shelua...
Hayyim Nahman Bialik at 140 17 Jan 2013 | 01:37 am
January 12, 2013: Parashat Bo In case you haven’t heard, Israel had its own “storm of the century” this week. It didn’t leave in its wake, thank God, a trail of devastation, a la Sandy. Bu...
Taking a Leap of Faith – in Us 9 Jan 2013 | 01:38 am
January 5, 2013: Parashat Shemot Yesterday morning, I woke up in my usual way, the radio next to my bed coming alive with the public news at 6. Among the day’s early news was this, which ve...
A Place of Comfort 7 Dec 2012 | 05:09 am
December 1, 2012: Parashat Vayish’lah Travel south on the ancient road of Derekh Beit Lehem from Jerusalem and you come upon a small building with a white domed roof. Park your car and cross the stre...
Oceans of Pain 28 Sep 2012 | 03:01 am
Yom Kippur Yizkor 5773 While Civia and I basked for two months in the glorious mountains of Colorado this summer, Colorado was burning. The tragedy of the forest fires peaked on June 26, when an ent...
It’s How You Think 21 Sep 2012 | 02:56 am
Rosh Hashana 5773/2012 If I didn’t have bad luck, I’d have no luck at all So sang the Albert King in his 1967 song, “Born Under a Bad Sign.” Those words came to mind this spring, as I stood in a speci...
This Spring In Jerusalem 19 Sep 2012 | 02:25 am
Rosh Hashana 5773/2012 Where in the world can a person find a wider variety of shuls than Jerusalem? When I lived there many years ago, I was a shul hopper. On most Shabbat evenings I davenned at Yes...
A Tale of Two Shuls 15 Sep 2012 | 02:28 am
August 18, 2012: Parashat R’eh The eminent Jewish educator, Ron Wolfson, begins his book, “The Spirituality of Welcoming,” by telling what happened to him one Shabbat morning at a certain Conservative...
KosherFest Sponsors 19 Apr 2012 | 06:59 am
Thank you to our KosherFest 2012 Sponsors Major Sponsors Asner Iron and Metal Advantage Metals Recycling Bob’s Seafoods, Inc. KC Chevy Dealers Association King Louie America, LLC Teva Pharmaceu...
