Parashat Lekh Lekha 5780 The tension in the Middle East keeps ratcheting up, and the multiple threats against Israel are compounded by our chaotic political situation – the unresolved election that has left our government in limbo for months, with…
Hear to Heart
Parashat Noach 5780 by Meir Sendor I’m grateful to have permission to relate the following story in accurate but sufficiently vague terms to protect confidentiality. A friend was hospitalized recently for several days of observation for a heart condition that…
Waterworks
Chol HaMoed Sukkot 5780 Meir Sendor Israel’s second round of elections remains inconclusive, as Knesset members continue to wrangle over whether and how to form a unity government. Most Israelis I speak with, from a wide range of political persuasions,…
How Are You Doing?
Yom Kippur 5780 by Meir Sendor We’ve been very impressed with the Blake Street Kehillah of Melbourne, and the Melbourne Jewish community in general. We’ve found the members to be warm and caring, with a sincere modesty, a strong Jewish…
Your Brother’s Donkey
We’re going back to Melbourne next week! Information about classes at the Blake Street Hebrew Congregation can be found here on our Classes and Events page. Parashat Ki Teze 5779 by Meir Sendor Among the endearing features of Israeli street…
Mobile Home
Parashat Masei 5779 by Meir Sendor We often find that when friends come to visit, as two couples did a few days ago, it’s an opportunity to tour the Land from a fresh perspective. Tel Hazor, an archeological site not…
Family
Parashat Hukkat 5779 by Meir Sendor Israel is convulsed by the death of Solomon Tekah, alav ha-Shalom, a nineteen year-old Israeli of the Ethiopian community in the greater Haifa area, shot by an off-duty policeman. The details of the incident…
Star Power
In Jerusalem for women Three classes at Nishmat July 7-11 Maimonides, Hassidut, Prophecy, and Meditation in the evening https://www.talorot.org/classes-and-events/ Parashat Korach 5779 by Meir Sendor As we continue to settle into our neighborhood in Tzfat we’re always on the…
Nothing Doing
Parashat Behar 5779 by Meir Sendor On Yom HaAtzmaut last week, one of the first beautiful days of this year’s late spring, we took a long walk to Mount Avnit in the Biriyah Forest, the next mountain over, not far…
