Jewish Insight

Hope of the Broken:

Reflections on the Twenty-Fourth Anniversary of September Eleventh

Sep 11 • 

Rabbi Michael Bernstein

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August 2025

Our Hands did Not Shed this Blood

“Our hands did not shed this blood nor did our eyes see it shed”

Aug 29 • 

Rabbi Michael Bernstein

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Sinai-sthesia

This name of this week's Torah portion, Re’eh - See!

Aug 22 • 

Rabbi Michael Bernstein

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Remembering the Beautiful Six

One year ago today, Hersh Goldberg-Polin, Almog Sarusi, Eden Yerushalmi, Alexander Lobanov, and Carmel Gat were murdered by their Hamas captors after…

Aug 19 • 

Rabbi Michael Bernstein

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When Will the Moon Be Full?

From the first hours of October 7th as Hamas spearheaded their deadly rampage to this very moment the two-hundred fifty people stolen into Gaza have…

Aug 7 • 

Rabbi Michael Bernstein

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Untying the Knots: Moral Clarity in an Age of Doubt

We all believe in things we cannot know for sure.

Aug 1 • 

Rabbi Michael Bernstein

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July 2025

Hard Cut, Hard Truth

There is a moment in the Indiana Jones movies that I always think of when I think of the Torah portion Balak we read today.

Jul 11 • 

Rabbi Michael Bernstein

In the Shadow of Liberty: A Reflection on the Promise of the United States of America

Inevitably what comes to mind when I think about what it means to be a citizen of the United States of America, is a wonderful man named Gene…

Jul 4 • 

Rabbi Michael Bernstein

June 2025

April 2025

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 • 

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 • 

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 • 

Rabbi Michael Bernstein