Opinions

A balabusta – a homemaker - I am not. I like to pretend a few times a year by making a brisket or perhaps a challah, but my influence over the domestic is superficial at best.

While attending the Hyman Brand Hebrew Academy, one of my elementary school Jewish Studies teachers tasked us with memorizing a very significant pasuk (line from the Torah) from the Torah portion, Parshat Lech Lecha.

America has always had a divide between the Democrats and the Republicans. Over the past few decades, we have witnessed our country split to extremes similar to both the 1860s and the 1960s. 

In December, my 20-year-old son Gilli and I traveled to Israel to volunteer through an agricultural farming experience called Israel Food Rescue (IFR).

So much is at stake. Our vision of a just, safe and equitable democracy hangs in the balance in this upcoming election.

It’s going to be a momentous day! It will be a day that calls to our deepest sense of responsibility! A day that sets us apart from the masses!

Since Oct. 7 and the increasing amount of antisemitism that ensued, it can be difficult to find the light in the darkness, but something neat happened at the beginning of September that made the rabbis at B’nai Jehudah feel a genuine sense of awe that we bring into these 10 days between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur. 

You are not alone if you begin to feel a little anxious when October rolls around. Many people experience year-end stress, whether because of looming deadlines at work, tax-related cut-off dates, anticipating a busy season of travel and social engagements, or simply the realization that another year is coming to a close and there’s not a lot of time left to check off items on the 2024 to-do list. 

Kudos to the Jewish Community Center for stating a clear and thoughtful message regarding support for Israel. Rather than joining so many Jewish organizations by stating “We Stand With Israel,” its banner states: We Stand With The People of Israel.

In just a few weeks, we will fill the pews to hear Parshat Vayeira, the Torah portion in which Abraham, aged and childless, sits in the entrance of his tent when he sees — what’s that? Three strangers?