Jewish Insight

Ten More Nominees Written in Stone (2026)

For several years I have matched the Ten Commandments with the Academy Award Best Picture Nominees to learn something from each of the nominated movies.

Feb 6 • Rabbi Michael Bernstein

January 2026

From Never Forget to Always Remember

Recently the US Holocaust Museum laid down a marker criticizing the invoking of Anne Frank’s memory in relation to children who are hiding in their…

Jan 28 • Rabbi Michael Bernstein

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Just Another Brick

The Torah recounts two stories in which bricks and mortar play a central role.

Jan 9 • Rabbi Michael Bernstein

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December 2025

Chanukah in the Face of Darkness

Before the onset of this Chanukah season heartbreaking video was released of the Beautiful six, six of the Jewish abductees murdered together by their…

Dec 19, 2025 • Rabbi Michael Bernstein

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Keep it To Yourself?

Speech and Silence When they Matter Most

Dec 12, 2025 • Rabbi Michael Bernstein

Between Wrestling and Embracing

The Opportunity Jacob Missed

Dec 5, 2025 • Rabbi Michael Bernstein

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November 2025

October 2025

The Rainbow Revisited

The first rainbow, according to the Biblical account, stretched across the sky as a Divine promise that the world would never again be destroyed by…

Oct 23, 2025 • Rabbi Michael Bernstein

And So It Begins....

Turning Back to Bereishit

Oct 17, 2025 • Rabbi Michael Bernstein

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Living in the Fragile Moment

We enter Shabbat with anticipation.

Oct 10, 2025 • Rabbi Michael Bernstein

September 2025

Hope of the Broken:

Reflections on the Twenty-Fourth Anniversary of September Eleventh

Sep 11, 2025 • Rabbi Michael Bernstein

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