Every day, but especially on Yom Hashoah, I think about my family’s experience in the Holocaust and how that has shaped who I am today. As a young child, I didn’t fully grasp what being a Holocaust survivor meant. I knew that my grandfather had a big family before the Holocaust and that my great …
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“We are born with only one obligation – to be completely who we are.” The wisdom behind these words by poet and teacher Mark Nepo in The Book of Awakening hit me as I reflect upon the one thing I learned from the death of my very dear colleague, Jeanne d’Arc Mihigo, AJWS’s country consultant …
Read MoreParshat Kedoshim—the second half of this week’s double parshah—opens with this powerful and mystifying statement:
Leviticus 19:1-2
The Lord spoke to Moses, saying: Speak to the whole Israelite community and say to them: You shall be holy, for I—Adonai your God—am holy.
Parshat Kedoshim—the second half of this week’s double parshah—opens with this powerful and mystifying statement:
Leviticus 19:1-2
The Lord spoke to Moses, saying: Speak to the whole Israelite community and say to them: You shall be holy, for I—Adonai your God—am holy.
