Archives: Religious School
One Minute Torah – B’chukotai 5779
This week’s One Minute Torah is from the archives. Our family lived in Jerusalem in 2010-11. I had the blissful experience of studying at the […]
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One Minute Torah – B’har 5779
At the end of this piece comes a tough request. To frame that request, I am revisiting a story I shared in a One Minute […]
Read One Minute Torah – Achrei Mot 5779
Lori Gilbert Kaye lived her life with radical empathy, right down to her final act of jumping in front of a bullet to save another’s […]
Read One Minute Torah – Metzora 5779
Two ICE offices approached Juan Francisco at the door to his home in Daly City. They were looking for someone who had previously lived at […]
Read One Minute Torah – Tazria 5779
Two kids are sitting in my office, glaring at each other with righteous indignation. “She said…..” “He called me…..” “Hold it!” I tell them. […]
Read One Minute Torah: Vayikra 5779
I had a remarkable conversation with Cherie Lawson, a staff member with the youth ministry at NBCC – the church that rents our building every Sunday.
Read One Minute Torah: Shabbat Shekalim 5779
My grandmother, of blessed memory, loved to count her children and grandchildren.
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Mishloach Manot goody bags fulfill a 2300 year old tradition, and are also an important fundraiser for the synagogue. CBJ members, please check your email inbox for a login code to participate.
Read One Minute Torah: Ki Tissa 5779
It’s in the moment before the moment, that we may be most vulnerable to our own worst selves.
Read One Minute Torah: Tetzaveh 5779
Our parshah this week, Tetzaveh, describes plans for the Tabernacle, the mobile sanctuary that the Israelites would carry with them through the desert.
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