A girl’s doll is a poignant reminder of the horrors of Kristallnacht
By Hillel Kuttler JERUSALEM (JTA) – For decades as an adult, Lore Mayerfeld kept a doll on a chair in an off-limits bedroom or high…
Holiday Columns
Rabbi Gila Caine: Thoughts on Remembrance Day
By Rabbi Gila Caine (November 8, 2018) – My thoughts this week go to Remembrance Day, and so not to our Torah portion but rather…
This week’s drash by Rabbi Gila Caine: Lot’s Wife
by Rabbi Gila Caine (TBO) – Our week’s parasha talks about seeing, and the power of seeing reality and beyond reality. One of the more…
Dvar Torah: Should or shouldn’t there be a carbon tax?
by Rabbi Gila Caine (October 12, 2018) – Shabbat Noach, this Shabbat when we read the story of the Mabul (deluge), is being observed by many Jews…
The magic of Simchat Torah
(September 27, 2018) – “We are a circle within a circle with no beginning and with no end….”, or, how Simchat Torah is magic: “Chag”…