Teens
3 months ago • Oct 26, 2024
Lunch & Learn – Teens
After Services, come learn with your fellow teens! Join us once a month for a lunch and learn session with clergy, educators, and facilitators.
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6 days ago • Feb 8, 2025
So Much is Unknown. Do What You Know.
– Rabbi Sharon Brous | B’shallakh 5785
Four postures our tradition warns against, in the face of grave threat:
Do not snail.
Do not capitulate.
Do not meet become the mirror image of your enemy.
Do not render yourselves preemptively powerlessness.
Instead: do what you know
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1 week ago • Feb 1, 2025
We Cannot Go Numb in this Darkness
We are all struggling in this moment of deep darkness – either riding the constant emotional rollercoaster or already feeling numb. The thing is that both of these will destroy us. Instead, we need to stay connected to our humanity and each other to get us through. That is the only way we will find ourselves back in the light.
Israel/Palestine
2 weeks ago • Jan 29, 2025
Why a Mother and Daughter Visited Israel and Palestine Together
How do American Jews navigate complex conversations about Israel and Palestine across generations? And what does it take to truly listen to each other? Rabbi Sharon Brous sits down with IKAR’s CEO Melissa Balaban and her daughter Emma Wergeles to reflect on their recent trip to Israel and the West Bank with Encounter. From different generational perspectives, they share what challenged them, what moved them, and why direct engagement with both Palestinian and Israeli perspectives is essential for for any hope of a lasting and just peace.
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2 weeks ago • Jan 25, 2025
Know Your Reps: Supervisor Holly J. Mitchell with Rabbi Sharon Brous