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April 2024 Newsletter: Building Bridges with Jewish Tradition

Written on June 7, 2024.

Hello Friend, Midway through Passover, I look with anticipation towards the “widening place.” The narrow places feel easy to see and acknowledge; I’ve felt the impact of ongoing violence, the threats of antisemitism, and the divides between neighbors all intensely this year. Visualizing freedom and safety can at times feel more difficult. Thus, I am grateful...

March 2024 Newsletter: The Balancing Act of Empathy

Written on June 7, 2024.

Hello Friend, Every one of us faces trials big and small every day, and it is a natural urge to want to be validated and heard through these challenges. For someone else to provide this they need to respond empathetically, endeavoring to put themselves in your shoes. Every one of us can sometimes be great at this and sometimes fall short. Our empathy is most...

January 2024 Newsletter: The Challenge Of Plurality During Difficult Times

Written on January 18, 2024.

Hello Friend, Since October 27th, 2018, our organization and community have worked to uplift the sources of resiliency all around us. Last fall marked 5 years since our 11 wonderful neighbors were taken from us, serving as a reminder of all of the times we needed to lean on each other to feel safe in unsafe times and to feel loved during periods of...

November Newsletter: Fostering Curiosity During Distress

Written on November 10, 2023.

Hello Friend,Good afternoon. I want to start this week’s newsletter with an acknowledgement of the depth of feeling over this past October. The synagogue shooting commemoration and the intimately painful violence in the Middle East have created layers of pain that I’ve often struggled to process. It can be difficult to acknowledge fears locally...

October Newsletter: Commemoration of Oct. 27, 2018

Written on October 23, 2023.

Hello Friend, For me, the compounding emotions from both the Middle East and the upcoming commemoration have at times been overwhelming. It feels as though there are a million ways to be pulled, and a million ways for my heart to ache. It is hard when it feels like there is so much pain to go around, and yet there is nothing any of us individually can solve. We recognize that the coinciding of...

Statement on the Conclusion of the Oct. 27, 2018 Synagogue Shooting Trial

Written on August 3, 2023.

The families, survivors, witnesses, and community that have been impacted by the Oct. 27th, 2018 mass shooting, including the congregants of Congregation Dor Hadash, New Light Congregation, and Tree of Life Congregation, have waited almost five years for the conclusion of this trial. The trial’s conclusion is for many a profound and complicated event. There is no one right way to feel. We...