MSNBC — Our hearts are big enough to hold the humanity and heartache of Jews and Palestinians

The two are members of the Parents Circle – Families Forum, a grassroots organization of Palestinian and Israeli families who have lost immediate family members in the conflict, and who believe that only together can they achieve a sustained peace. Rabbi Brous will join them in dialogue after Shabbat services. Please join us.

As we prepare for the High Holy Days, what difficult things do you need to say to God?  Covenantal relationship must be able to hold it all.  The anger and the disappointment, the heartbreak and the rebuke.

Join New Israel Fund for a conversation with an incredible line-up of experts and peace builders: Israel’s leading human rights attorney Michael Sfard, Executive Director of the Association of Civil Rights in Israel, Noa Sattath, and Breaking the Silence founder and now Co-Director of OFEK: The Israeli Center for Public Affairs, Yehuda Shaul, and Rabbi Brous will share a few words.

We say Psalm 27 100 times in the High Holyday season. Why?