This is a sermon about two little girls. The first one is named Naama Margolese. She is eight years old: a blond, bespectacled second grader. She lives in Beit Shemesh, a city located between Jerusalem and Tel Aviv. Naama’s parents made aliyah from America to Israel; they are modern Orthodox Jews. Naama attends a religious girls’ school called Orot Banot that opened in 2011.
Sermons
Saxe Family Scholar-in-Residence
February 5, 2012
This talk was delivered by Dr. Stephen J. Whitfield, Saxe Family Scholar-in-Residence, on Sunday, February 5, 2012.
Saxe Family Scholar-in-Residence
February 4, 2012
This talk, "An Introduction to Jewish Humor," was delivered by Dr. Stephen J. Whitfield, Saxe Family Scholar-in-Residence, on Saturday, February 4, 2012.
Saxe Family Scholar-in-Residence
February 3, 2012
This talk, "The Defeat of Racism," was delivered by Dr. Stephen J. Whitfield, Saxe Family Scholar-in-Residence, on Friday, February 3, 2012.
February 1, 2012
It was the summer before my last year of university. I left my home and traveled cross-country to take part in a month long program for college-age Jewish students called Brandeis Collegiate Institute. BCI combined the arts, Jewish learning and avodah or service, all in the beautiful kibbutz-like setting of the picturesque Simi Valley in southern California. It was right up my alley, joining music, dance, prayer and study in a Jewish framework. I didn’t know a soul when I arrived, but that was surprisingly easy to overcome as this unique program brough
January 20, 2012
In a national poll conducted last week, the following question was asked. “Do you believe that any of Tim Tebow’s success can be attributed to Divine intervention?” Tim Tebow, for those of you who don’t follow football and who missed Rabbi Jonathan’s sermon a few weeks ago, is the quarterback of the Denver Broncos who is known for his public displays of religious devotion, known as “Tebowing,” and for his unlikely winning streak. In response to the poll (which was conducted before the Patriots crushed the Broncos last weekend), 43
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