The westernmost member of the United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism
Inviting the Presence: A Drasha for Rosh HaShanah 5781
By Reb Daniel Lev
In Deuteronomy 30:11-14 it says: “For this commandment which I command you this day, it is not too hard for you, neither is it far off. It is not in heaven, that you should say: ‘Who… Continue reading
Stories & Legends
By Reb Daniel Lev
The Nistar Study and Practice Circle
Jun 12, 2020
By Reb Daniel Lev
Reb Wolfe Kitzes was having a panic attack under his tallit as he waited for his Rebbe, the founder of the 18th-Century mystical… Continue reading
- The Royal Road to Relational SpiritualityThis is a 10 session course taught in 2019. Click here to purchase full course recordings. Click here for a free download of first session. Derekh HaMelekh— “The Royal Road”—is a collection of Shabbat and holiday teachings by Reb Kalanymous Kalman Shapira, who was the “Rebbe of the Warsaw Ghetto” as well as a major […]
- Rising Above Isolation: The Piaseczner Rebbe’s Shavuot Torah of ConnectionDates and Times: Tuesdays – May 12, May 19, May 267 – 8 pm EST Cost: Pay-what-you-can Presenter: Rabbi Dr. Natan Margalit Description: We’ll learn together an amazing Shavuot Torah by Rabbi Kalonymous Kalman Shapiro, the Piaseczner Rebbe, also known for being the Hasidic Rebbe in the Warsaw Ghetto during the horrific years of the Holocaust. In this Torah he explores […]
- David Dinkins, NYC’s first Black mayor who was embattled by Crown Heights riots, dies at 93Dinkins was known for — and dogged by — his response to the 1991 riots in the Black and Hasidic Brooklyn neighborhood of Crown Heights The post David Dinkins, NYC’s first Black mayor who was embattled by Crown Heights riots, dies at 93 appeared first on Jewish Telegraphic Agency.
- Amsterdam’s Jewish museum wades into Dutch blackface controversy with new exhibitionThe exhibition shows that the man who first depicted the controversial Black Pete character penned a popular series of anti-Semitic booklets. The post Amsterdam’s Jewish museum wades into Dutch blackface controversy with new exhibition appeared first on Jewish Telegraphic Agency.