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What Cain Said to Abel
As we commemorate Yom Hashoah, the Memorial of the Holocaust, it seems fitting that we will read this Shabbat the Torah portion Shemini which begins…
Apr 23
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Rabbi Michael Bernstein
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Resting and Reimagining
When Passover begins on Saturday night, the seventh day of Passover coincides with Shabbat.
Apr 18
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Rabbi Michael Bernstein
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March 2025
Dressing Up as Yourself
In Memory of Matt Eisenfeld and Sara Duker on their 29th Yahrzeit
Mar 5
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Rabbi Michael Bernstein
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February 2025
Ten More Nominees Set in Stone (2025)
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 14
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Rabbi Michael Bernstein
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January 2025
Not the End of Days
The pictures from Southern California are horrific and behind each one there are a thousand sorrows.
Jan 10
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Rabbi Michael Bernstein
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December 2024
Making Each Other Visible
What makes the story of Joseph so powerful is that throughout his life he finds himself in places where his well-being or even his life depends on…
Dec 20, 2024
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Rabbi Michael Bernstein
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November 2024
Still a Song About Alice
Alice Brock, the woman whose eponymous restaurant became the epicenter of Arlo Guthrie’s famous rambling song about a consequential Thanksgiving day…
Nov 28, 2024
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Rabbi Michael Bernstein
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Leaving
Eighty-six years ago this weekend was the “Night of Broken Glass”, Kristallnacht, across Germany.
Nov 8, 2024
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Rabbi Michael Bernstein
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September 2024
Restarting the Heart
Our GLT team had a CPR course this morning for renewing certification or first time training.
Sep 27, 2024
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Rabbi Michael Bernstein
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Knowing Eleven: Reflections on the Twenty Third Anniversary of September 11th in a Time of Grief
Twenty-three years ago, the world ended for 2,977 people, was shattered for many more, and radically changed for everyone. The anniversary of September…
Sep 11, 2024
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Rabbi Michael Bernstein
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Kindling Fire in the Darkness: After the Murder of our Hostages
Perhaps you are aware of the custom that we look at the light of the Havdallah candle reflecting off our fingernails when we say the blessing as part of…
Sep 1, 2024
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Rabbi Michael Bernstein
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July 2024
Between the Straits and Up the Mountain
Since the morning quiet of Simchat Torah was shattered by Hamas’s vicious assault the seasons and occasions of the Jewish calendar have doubled as a…
Jul 23, 2024
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Rabbi Michael Bernstein
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