Mar 15, 2024 | Jewish Thought of the Week, My Jewish Buffalo
Emet – Truth. By Cantor-Rabbi Penny S. Myers The colloquialism “speak your truth” is confounding to me because my conception is different than how many might interpret its meaning. Over the past several years, being asked for ‘my truth’ left me bewildered as it...
Mar 8, 2024 | Jewish Thought of the Week, My Jewish Buffalo
Every Day Matters By Rob Goldberg I just turned 65 and have been thinking about what is traditionally associated with that milestone: retirement. Retirement of course refers to the time of life when one chooses to permanently leave the workforce behind, to literally...
Mar 1, 2024 | Jewish Thought of the Week, My Jewish Buffalo
Loving is Giving, Giving is Life By Rabbi Ori Bergman A story: one day, on my way to work, I noticed a small sign hanging on an electric pole. It was a piece of paper with something handwritten on it. Curiosity got the better of me, so I approached and read: “I...
Feb 23, 2024 | Jewish Thought of the Week, My Jewish Buffalo
Command, Connect and Bond By Stacey Block Ten years ago, marked the first time I studied the Torah portion Tetzaveh from the Book of Exodus. It coincided with our daughter Abby’s Bat Mitzvah. Together, she and I explored its significance, discussed it with our Rabbi,...
Feb 16, 2024 | Jewish Thought of the Week, My Jewish Buffalo
What is Your Offering? By Rabbi Yonina Foster YHVH, God, tells Moshe, “Va’asuli mikdash, v’shochanti b’tocham.” (“Make for Me a Holy Place so that I may dwell within, among, between them.”) Moshe hears this amid the cloud into which he walked high up on the mountain....
Feb 9, 2024 | Jewish Thought of the Week, My Jewish Buffalo
Cantor Susan Wehle (5.14.1953 – 2.12.2009): A Memorial By Rabbi Alex Lazarus-Klein Right from the moment I first met Cantor Susan Wehle, of blessed memory, I could tell that she was different. She glowed with the light of goodness and love and her joy was...