The Jewish Leadership Council Teen Philanthropy Team is working to raise $12,000 (goal), $15,000 (stretch), or $18,000 (dream) for the following three organizations: The Grassroots Day Resource Center, an organization that provides hot meals, showers, laundry, and more to individuals who are homeless, housing insecure, or otherwise in need. The FIDF (Friends of the Israeli Continue Reading »
Rabbi Daniel Plotkin delves into the life and accomplishments of Israel’s first, and ONLY, female Prime Minister. Photo of Meir courtesy of the Dan Hadani collection / National Library of Israel / The Pritzker Family National Photography Collection through Wikimedia Commons, and is covered under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license.
Dear Temple Isaiah Family, Our hearts are broken as we received the news of the deaths of K’fir, Ariel, and Shiri Bibas, as their bodies were returned to their families and the State of Israel earlier today. Their return, though not in the way we had prayed for, marks a devastating moment in a journey Continue Reading »
Rabbi Craig Axler gives us a nostalgic look at revolutionary hair stylist (and freedom fighter!) Vidal Sassoon. https://youtu.be/KylWtdnrhxU Sassoon photo courtesy of Wikimedia Commons (Public Domain).
Rabbi Daniel Plotkin gives us a short lesson on the brave Biblical heroine Judith, and how she defeated the Assyrian army. Judith with the Head of Holofernes by Massimo Stanzione courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art (Public Domain)
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