From the Rabbi's Desk

The Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was a giant in Atlanta and in the entire United States. That might be one of the greatest understatements of all time but it’s worth stating. One of the core things that made him who he was as a civil rights activist and a social justice fighter, was how he saw civil rights in terms of religion and the Bible. One might have thought a Christian minister would have looked to the Christian Bible to find...Read more...

Have you ever run away from something? Have you ever hidden something? Perhaps you’ve looked the other way or denied something that was true? These are natural human instincts we each have. We often close our eyes and hide from things that are just too difficult to face. This isn’t because something is wrong with us. This isn’t because we’re guilty of having done something wrong. This is because, as humans, we live with many emotions...Read more...

איזהו עשיר? השמח בחלקו./Who is wealthy/happy? One who is happy with their portion. (פרקי אבות ד:א). These words are of the utmost importance. We spend too many days of our lives looking at other people and feeling as though we don’t have the lives we want. We look too often at what’s lacking and not at the beauty of all we have.

This concept is enshrined in the עשרת הדברות/Eseret HaDibrot/The...Read more...