To Stay Silent: Shabbat Message by Rabbi Greg Weisman
As if there wasn’t enough already, more tragedy befell the Gaza Strip this week. Seven brave souls, inspired to confront one of the most pressing humanitarian crises in a generation, […]
L’Dor VaDor- No Child Left Behind: Shabbat Message by Rabbi Greg Weisman
Four hundred rabbis walk into a room… That might sound like the beginning of a [bad] joke, but it’s actually something that happened this week, as the Central Conference of […]
Terumah: Shabbat Message by Rabbi Greg Weisman
Growing up in Chicago, home of United Airlines, I was exposed to George Gershwin’s “Rhapsody in Blue” from a young age. I would hear it on TV commercials, radio spots, […]
And The Youth Shall See Visions: Shabbat Message by Rabbi Greg Weisman
It was back to school week this week. After two weeks of hanging out on the couch, or family vacations, or going with parents to work, our kids dragged themselves […]
Endings and Beginnings: Shabbat Message by Rabbi Greg Weisman
With a coincidental lining up of the calendars, the Jewish community is reading the end of the Book of Genesis this week as the secular world prepares for the end […]
The Power to Influence: Shabbat Message by Rabbi Greg Weisman
I spent the week of Thanksgiving in the Chicago suburbs, spending time with my family and seeing some old friends. I hadn’t been to Chicago during this time of the […]
Chayei Sarah-Veteran’s Day-Kristallnacht: Shabbat Message by Rabbi Greg Weisman
This week we marked two tragic commemorations for our people. Today, November 10, is Kristallnacht, the anniversary of the Night of Broken Glass, when on November 9 and 10, 1938, […]
B’reishit: Shabbat Message by Rabbi Greg Weisman
“I lift my eyes to the mountain. Where does my help come from?” […]
Haazinu: Shabbat Message by Rabbi Greg Weisman
There was a time, probably when I was in middle school, where I thought that in every important story, someone had to die. I came to that conclusion after reading […]
Ki Tavo: Shabbat Message by Rabbi Greg Weisman
“If you don’t know where you‘ve come from, you don’t know where you‘re going.” – Maya Angelou At this time of the year, many of us are thinking a lot about where we have been and imagine […]