BJ in Israel: Reflections from our Rabbis and Members
Earlier this month, Rabbis Roly Matalon and Felicia Sol led a delegation of almost 50 BJ members on a trip to Israel to visit our ...
Monthly Archives:January 2024
Music To My Ears
On the Sunday of MLK Weekend, I was sitting in the pews at Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta, surrounded by BJ teens and several hundred ...
“We are all so close and at the same time worlds apart.”
Rabbi Rebecca Weintraub traveled to Israel with several New York area rabbis and Jewish professionals, supported by the UJA Federation of New York and The ...
The Ineffable Moments
I got choked up the moment I saw the land of Israel from the tiny airplane window. The sun shining over the splotches of green ...
Love is the Engine
Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel famously said, “I am an optimist against my better judgment.” In general, I tend to sit in the space of optimism. ...
The Shoah and My Family
My parents, Hania Sternlicht and Avrum Kurz, married on March 21, 1939, after a courtship that began in their teens. Six months later, my mother ...
Build Houses and Live in Them
My wife, Miranda, and I recently had the pleasure of attending our friend Molly’s wedding. In her vows, Molly lovingly quoted a verse from the ...
From Rovne, Against All Odds
I grew up in a family of survivors, in a community of survivors in Brooklyn. While I’m lucky to still have my parents and my ...