Registration coming soon! Join Rabbi Shai Held for a potluck and evening program titled "The Gifts of God Flow Through You: How Grace, Gratitude, and Generosity Form the Heart of Jewish Spirituality." Jews are often reluctant to talk about "grace"; they fear it sounds "too Christian." Yet, as we will see, grace is fundamental to
All are invited to a joint kiddush and GJC's annual Charry Memorial Shabbat afternoon program: "'Love Your Neighbor As Yourself': What Are We Actually Being Asked for?" No lesser a figure than R. Akiva declares that “love your neighbor as yourself” is “the great principle of the Torah” (kelal gadol baTorah). Yet Jews have always
"The God of Judaism Is A God of Love": It is one of the last acceptable prejudices in American culture: the God of the "Old Testament" is a God of vengeance, focused on strict justice rather than mercy, given to anger rather than love. This perception is as mistaken as it is widespread. In this
In absorbing and understanding the flood of world events, one of the most vexing and hotly-debated topics is what our role should be. How much of a moral stake do we have in what happens far from us, events that do not affect us directly? To what extent should we or our government be intervening