The Haftarah Project: Bemidbar—Beyond the Theatrical Prophets
In this week's Haftarah Project, BJ member Rabbi Nancy Flam reflects on the haftarah for Bemidbar and the deeply unsettling imagery of Hosea. She challenges ...
Monthly Archives:May 2025
From Manna to Modern Day Hunger: the Abundance of Shabbat
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- By Kiana Davis
There is a powerful connection between food and Shabbat. The Torah first mentions Shabbat when the Israelites are instructed to collect the manna that fell ...
We Cry Out
The theme of the American Jewish Committee event at the Capital Jewish Museum on Wednesday evening was entitled “Turning Pain into Purpose.” It featured members ...
The Haftarah Project: Behukkotai—Our Most Devious Hearts
In this week's Haftarah Project, BJ member Betty Jane Jacobs reflects on the haftarah for Behukkotai and the inner forces that lead us astray. Through ...
The Fires That Sustain Us
We closed out the Kadima@BJ school year on Tuesday with what is becoming an annual tradition: Our students learned and sang a number of Israeli ...
Celebrating Partnership and Planting Seeds
It was the spring of 2002. I can still remember sitting in a cab with Sarale Shadmi, Chen Ben-Or Tsfoni, and Tlalit Shavit z”l on ...