Feb 7, 2025 | Jewish Thought of the Week, My Jewish Buffalo
Now You See Them, Now You Don’t By Cantor-Rabbi Penny S. Myers ‘Gone Girls’ In this week’s parsha, בשלח Beshalach, we revisit one of the most significant moments in our history, יציאת מצרים, ye’tziat mitzrayim (going out of Egypt) or as we commonly...
Jan 31, 2025 | Jewish Thought of the Week, My Jewish Buffalo
From Heavy Darkness to the Renewal of Light By Zahava Fried In this week’s Torah portion, Bo, we encounter one of the most striking plagues to befall Egypt – the plague of darkness. When I was a sophomore in college, I was introduced to Rashi’s...
Jan 24, 2025 | Jewish Thought of the Week, My Jewish Buffalo
Bills Mafia Style By Marc Brown This week was an emotional roller coaster ride. Between the release of three hostages in Israel, to the inauguration of a president, and the devastating fires ravaging California, I was very thankful to spend a few hours on...
Jan 17, 2025 | Jewish Thought of the Week, My Jewish Buffalo
The Burning Bushes of Los Angeles By Rob Goldberg The devastation of the wildfires in the City of Angels has been apocalyptic: resembling what we imagine to be the end of the world. And for those whose homes and keepsakes have been consumed, it was just that....
Jan 10, 2025 | Jewish Thought of the Week, My Jewish Buffalo
and she lived By Rabbi Yonina Andrea Foster, Ph.D. Vayechi Hannalah. Hannah, my mother Anita lived. I was turning away to leave the hospital room where she lay in her bed. While able to talk, with some humor, alert, she was smaller, I saw, contracting into...
Jan 3, 2025 | Jewish Thought of the Week, My Jewish Buffalo
Being the Bigger Person By Ezra N. Rich As we enter 2025 and put away our menorah and Hanukkah Judaica, we find ourselves still in the cold, dark winter as we seek light and warmth to sustain us in the months ahead. In this week’s parasha (Torah portion) of...