Archives: Voices
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 – 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.
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.
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Pastor Hurmon Hamilton addresses CBJ
Pastor Hurmon Hamilton from New Beginnings Community Church addresses Congregation Beth Jacob after the shooting at Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh.
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