by Webmaster | Oct 6, 2020 | Holidays, Identity
This Sukkot, sheltering in temporary dwellings takes on new meaning, as the pandemic has forced us all to consider the fragility of our lives. Meanwhile, the resurgence of the Black Lives Matter movement has brought forward many of the themes associated with this...
by Webmaster | Sep 29, 2020 | Identity
Can we forgive those who murder? Those who commit violent crimes? Destroy our families? Just before Yom Kippur 5781, on Friday, September 24th, I sat down with Victoria Washington, a criminal defense attorney and victims’ rights advocate, to discuss these very...
by Webmaster | Sep 29, 2020 | Identity
As a seventh grader in Buenos Aires, an event occurred that had a profound impact on me: The 1992 terrorist attack on the Israeli embassy, which left 29 dead and more than 200 injured. I vividly remember the raw pain we Argentinian Jews experienced that day, as well...
by Webmaster | Sep 22, 2020 | Holidays, Identity
The following is the text of a drash that Davis delivered on Erev Rosh Hashanah during a virtual service at Brandeis Hillel. After all that we’ve been through as individuals, as a nation, and as Jewish people, I think it’s about time for some new beginnings. I don’t...
by Webmaster | Sep 16, 2020 | Holidays, Identity
Growing up in Southern China, I wasn’t raised Jewish at all. The first time I heard of Rosh Hashanah was in college, at Berkeley Hillel. Working to connect with my Jewish heritage as an adult, the overwhelming number of holidays on the Jewish calendar was a hurdle....
