Shavous Youth
What does the Kotel mean to me?
Andrea JacobsMay 13, 2021
, which belongs to every Jew, focuses on the young. But possessing the requisite energy to pull all-nighters is not the reason. Rather, the young are deemed the...
Who would you invite to your Shabbat table?
Andrea JacobsMay 21, 2020
the Israelites assembled at Mt. Sinai to receive the Torah, they were warned not to touch the mountain on penalty of death. Today we adhere to a similar ban to stem...
Who would you invite to your Shabbat table?
Andrea JacobsMay 17, 2018
2014, we have asked our readers to voice their reflections on what certain prayers mean to them for our Shavuot edition: “To you, G-d, silence is praise”; the Shema;...
Should we pray for healing?
Andrea JacobsMay 25, 2017
friend leans over to you at services and whispers that a congregant is terminally ill. Regardless of your connection — close, remote, conflicted — shock levels the...
What the Kaddish means to me
Andrea JacobsJun 09, 2016
first heard the mourner’s Kaddish as I stood next to the open ground at my Grandpa Wasserkrug’s graveside service. I was nine — too young to understand so many...
Rabbi Alter reflects on 16 years in Denver
Andrea JacobsMay 21, 2015
When Rabbi Daniel Alter leaves DAT at the end of June to head the Moriah Day School in Englewood, NJ, he’ll probably keep his emotions to himself — or at...
The Shema: What it means to me
Shana GoldbergMay 21, 2015
Hebrew words. That’s all it takes to define the essence of Judaism: the unity of G-d and the unity of the Jewish people. “Hear O Israel, the L-rd is our G-d, the...
Modern sports promotes bullying
Chris LeppekMay 29, 2014
Bullying as a social ill to be resisted largely came to the forefront of American consciousness after the Columbine massacre of 1999, when it was alleged and widely...
‘To you, G-d, silence is praise’
Andrea JacobsMay 29, 2014
I had never heard of the biblical verse, “To You, G-d, silence is praise” prior to this assignment — but it immediately appealed to me. I felt like I stumbled upon...
Finding your place in the Torah
Edmon J. Rodman, JTAMay 09, 2013
LOS ANGELES — On Shavuot, we celebrate the revelation of the Torah by reading from it. But first we need to find the place. How do we find our […]
