Rabbi Reflections: UVA Hillel rededicated to mission, core values

This last year was a challenging one, to say the least.  For an organization whose core strategy is predicated on building strong relationships and...

The Role of Charity in the High Holidays

By Rabbi Dovid Asher One of the highlights of the High Holiday prayer book, is the more modern U-Netaneh Tokef liturgy that’s only approximately a...

Reading the Haggadah with New Eyes Each Year

By Rabbi Ahuva Zaches Congregation Or Ami On the 15th of April, many of us will be sitting around Seder tables and recounting one of the...

When was your last Spiritual?

By Rabbi Yossel Kranz Chabad of Virginia I recently had my annual physical. Aside from the masks, it was the usual checkup—height, weight, blood pressure, cholesterol,...

Passover 2021 – Rabbi Reflections Congregation Or Ami

Passover and the One Year COVID-19 Pandemic Anniversary Rabbi Ahuva Zaches Earlier this week, a teacher was checking in with her young students before beginning their...

 MOMENTS IN JEWISH TIME IN THE LAND OF ISRAEL

Editor’s Note: The following are a small selection of MOMENTS IN JEWISH TIME IN THE LAND OF ISRAEL By Rabbi Shlomo Pereira, Director of...

Remember Jewish Americans who served gallantly in the Armed Forces

By Rabbi Dennis Beck-Berman Congregation Brith Achim This Veterans Day let us remember those Jewish Americans who gallantly served and defended our country. Jewish men and women...