What We Can Learn from the Building of the Tabernacle
The Erection of the Tabernacle and the Sacred Vessels 1728 This week we conclude our reading of the Book of Exodus. The Book of Exodus begins with our enslavement in Egypt, and…
The Jewish Valentine’s Day
Laura Ockel on UnsplashProbably most of us remember that this Sunday, February 14 is Valentine’s Day, or rather Saint Valentine’s Day. More than just a holiday celebrating love, it has…
Is the Covid Vaccine a Miracle?
Despite the frequent frustrations, the constant worries and the maddening delays in deploying the Coronavirus vaccine, some of us have managed to get our first injection. Surely, many of us…
Martin Luther King Service
In 1963, the German born American Rabbi Joachim Prinz, who had a long history advocating for civil rights, participated in the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom led by…
Maintaining Liberty in Law
This week we begin to read the Book of Exodus, parasha Shemot. It begins with the Jewish people enslaved in Egypt by a Pharoah who, the Torah informs us, did…
The Sacredness of Tears
When I was 9 years old, my father had to go to the hospital to repair a hernia. These days a hernia repair is an outpatient procedure followed by a…
Celebrating our Diversity
Levitt Home in NapervilleIt seemed to come earlier this year. The weekend before Thanksgiving my neighbors began to put up their Christmas decorations. “Just taking advantage of the warm weather,”…
The “Self Made Man” ?
One of the most enduring myths of our country is that of the “self-made man”. Benjamin Franklin has been described as “the original self-made man”. In his autobiography, Franklin describes…