Rabbi Leonard Cohen: Checking ourselves at Pesach
by Rabbi Leonard Cohen (AJNews) – Each Pesach we observe the mitzvah of “bedikat chametz” – the cleaning out of chametz, i.e., leavened foods, from our…
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Rabbi Mark Glickman: The wonders of a crumb
By Rabbi Mark Glickman (AJNews) – It’s a late October evening, just before 7:00 and I’m frustrated. Once again, I can’t find the darn remote….
Rabbi Cantor Russell Jayne: The updated Seder Plate
By Rabbi Cantor Russell Jayne (AJNews) – The traditional Seder plate contains an egg, shank bone, karpas, charoset and maror. Some also make room for…
Rabbi Nisan Andrews: Pesach and responsibilities
By Rabbi Nisan Andrews (AJNews) – During my sojourn in London, England, I remember a congregant who had just returned from a visit to the…
Self-Discovery through storytelling: A CJA Grade 2 autobiography project
By Lesley Machon (AJNews) – “Story, as it turns out, was crucial to our evolution—more so than opposable thumbs. Opposable thumbs let us hang…