By Shelley Hubal
Our intention was to have a quiet hike on a beautiful summer afternoon. What happened instead was something much more profound.
The event is called “The Many on the Genny.” This 45-mile race around Letchworth State Park is also known in the running world as an “ultr…
By Rabbi Rachel Esserman
The e-mail conversation occurred after I sent a coworker the headline “Brooklyn Pride interfaith service canceled, allegedly over host synagogue’s ‘pro-Israel positions.’” She wrote back wondering whether cancel culture was a good thing. While we all know …
By Rabbi Rachel Esserman
This past Memorial Day weekend, I continued a tradition my mom and I started years ago: we would visit Westlawn Cemetery, stopping by her parents, my father and my little brother’s graves first and then visiting family and friends located throughout the cemetery. …
By Rabbi Rachel Esserman
“We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the General Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain a…
By Bill Simons
Saturday evening, April 12 (the 14th of Nisan, 5785), announced the arrival of Passover and the first seder. At the official residence of Governor Josh Shapiro in Harrisburg, PA, family and guests savored the Pesach traditions and the warmth of each other’s company. The gat…
