Being a Jewish student in the American college system over the last few years has brought many beautiful moments into my life. Nothing comforts me more than finding a Jewish community wherever I go. Being a very active member of Chabad has taught me just that. The Chabad at the University at…
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As the summer progresses and we gear up for our community campaign, we’ve been focusing on the idea of WHY. Why do we do any of the things we’ve come to see as necessary for Jewish life to flourish? From tzedakah to advocacy, from strength…
I did an experiment just before writing this message. I scrolled through my feed on social media, looking for non political and non conflict related Jewish content from my friends, many of whom are creators, artists, rabbis, educators, singers, chazzanim and deeply connected Jews.
One outco…
Those who have been reading these messages for a while will know that I count JRR Tolkien among my biggest literary and language influences. When I first read his works about 40-45 years ago, there was one particular passage in The Fellowship of the Ring that resonated deeply with me - with …
Late in 2025, I stood in the Roman Forum in the heart of Rome, studying the carved images of defeated Jews in the Arch of Titus with a snarl curling my lips. I had a sense of physical revulsion at seeing the manifest triumphalism of the man and the empire responsible for the destruction of t…
