Stuck home this past snowy Monday morning, I began making plans. In between scheduled Zoom meetings and rescheduling in-person meetings to Zoom, I bundled up in layers upon layers, placing thermal-lined mittens over thinner, fleece gloves, and went outside to clear a path from the front porch—down the side of the driveway—to the sidewalk. I was motivated by the need to leave my house Tuesday morning. I was determined to help Henry (pictured above, indoors)…
Rabbi's Message
For nearly four decades, the Torah that is read during the month of Kislev—known to Hebrew Bible scholars as Sippurei Yosef, the Stories of Joseph or the Joseph Narrative—has been particularly meaningful to me. It was one of the first biblical texts I studied in Hebrew with the poet and professor David Rabeeya z”l at Bryn Mawr College and, more than 20 years later, I revisited these stories with my younger daughter who celebrated her…