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Archives for May 2013

He Who Shouts the Loudest is Not Always Right

In this week’s Parshat Sh’lach L’cha, Moses is told to select a leader from each tribe and to charge them to move forward to scout out the land of Canaan ahead of the arrival of the multitude of Israelites. As the tale unfolds we learn that the scouts unanimously report that they found a land […]

Two Jews On After Earth

Every son, whether conscious or unconscious, wants to impress his dad…Wants to gain his father’s respect. In the year 222 AE (after earth), after a series of cataclysmic events forced humanity to leave earth and settle on Nova Prime, that concept still holds true. Kitai Raige (Jaden Smith) wants desperately to be a Ranger like […]

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Saying Goodbye

During my first year as director, we had a staff meeting where an outside consultant brought a deck of cards, each with an inspirational message or intention. I selected a card with a simple message: “Expect the Best.” This card has remained on my office bulletin board for seven years, providing me with a focus, […]

Shelach-Lecha: Fear of the Unknown

New things can be scary, but they can also be wonderful. Fear can be a paralyzing emotion, and for our ancestors in the wilderness fear of the unknown prevented them reaching the Promised Land. But what if they had a little more faith in God… For more information about Rabbi Danny, please visit RabbiDanny.com The […]

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BUT: Big But Builds or Burns Bridges? (Shlach Lecha)

Welcome to WORD. A weekly word from the world’s best seller. In this weeks episode, Amichai Lau-Lavie focuses on the word BUT, and the Torah portion, Shelach Lecha. To subscribe or read the text version of this blog, and to learn more about Amichai Lau-Lavie please visit Amichai.me. http://media.blubrry.com/jcasttotalfeed/www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/JCastNetwork.com/storage/word/034.mp3Podcast: Download

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Shalom: It’s Not Just Hello And Goodbye

Welcome to the latest episode of Meet Me At the Tzomet (the Intersection) with Rabbi Arnie Samlan, of Jewish Connectivity. The Hebrew word Shalom doesn’t only mean hello, goodbye and peace. The root sh-l-m also means completion. One of our life challenges is to seek that completion and integrate all the elements who who we […]

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Tzitzit… What’s The Point?

“What’s the point of Judaism?” How many of us have asked this question? Turns out, Jews have been asking them for a long time. Join Rabbi Knopf as he and his students study and discuss “Sefer Ha-Hinukh / The Book of Education.” Written anonymously in the mid-13th century, this radical book offers rationales for every […]

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Lincoln, Abraham, Sarah and Others

Welcome to the latest episode of Meet Me At the Tzomet (the Intersection) with Rabbi Arnie Samlan, of Jewish Connectivity. The movie Lincoln served to remind us that there are characters whose lives inspire us as we create meaning in our lives. Who are the characters that inspire you and how do you use them […]

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Five Hundred Twenty-Five Thousand Six Hundred Minutes

In this episode of The JCast Journey, host Darone Ruskay talks about the project of, after two years, the need to find a new home and new platform for the website. While JCastNetwork.org started on SquareSpace, it became obvious recently that it was time to move to a new platform. Darone has decided that WordPress was […]

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