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The Water of Life

Sep 8, 2023 | Jewish Thought of the Week, My Jewish Buffalo

The Water of Life By Zahava Fried   My earliest childhood memory was of my (first!) conversion to Judaism when I was just five years old. I remember my mother’s hand holding onto mine as my rabbi gently instructed me to pretend that I was a fish and to dunk my...

Discovery and Creation

Sep 1, 2023 | Jewish Thought of the Week, My Jewish Buffalo

Discovery and Creation By Gon Erez This week marks the Torah portion of Ki Tavo (When you’ll come). This section of Torah deals with new beginnings and the coming of Bnei-Israel to the holy land: “And you shall come to the land which the Lord your G-d is...

Creating a Map for Change

Aug 25, 2023 | Jewish Thought of the Week, My Jewish Buffalo

Creating a Map for Change By Mike Steklof, Ed.D. “G!D said to Moses: “Carve two tablets of stone like the first, and I will inscribe upon the tablets the words that were on the first tablets, which you shattered.” (Exodus 34:1) Last week we entered Elul, the month on...

A Royal Fidelity to Learning

Aug 18, 2023 | Jewish Thought of the Week, My Jewish Buffalo

A Royal Fidelity to Learning By Ezra N. Rich Today is the start of a new season. Yes, summer is beginning to wind down as children return from sleepaway camp and pack up for college. It is Rosh Chodesh Elul, the first day of the last month of the Jewish calendar,...

Focusing on the Fix

Aug 11, 2023 | Jewish Thought of the Week, My Jewish Buffalo

Focusing on the Fix By Rabbi Brent Gutmann Last week in Temple Beth Zion’s sanctuary I noticed a piece of Ben Shahn’s glass mosaic ten commandments had fallen on the floor of the bima.  I picked it up and placed it in the plastic tub where we store the ones that fall....