The JCC’s Northern Virginia Jewish Film Festival will take place from Thursday, November 7 to Sunday, November 17. CEH will be sponsoring a screening of The Keeper at the Arlington Cinema & Drafthouse on Wednesday, November 13…
Usually when we hear this, we think of child rearing, but this phrase hit home with me this past week of October 14th. There was too much sadness. First, the owner of the storefront where CEH began…
Each year the Rabbi comes to us asking what part of the service we are interested in pontificating on. At the start, I gracefully accepted my assignments, but as time wore on, I became brave enough to…
Last year, when I was asked to do a speech-let for the High Holidays, for the first time, I demurred. In contrast to the previous three years, I felt I did not have anything to say. I…
My first exposure to the events in this parsha was through the great Jewish scholar, Rabbi Steven Spielberg —specifically the end of Raiders of the Lost Ark, when the lead Nazi dressed in the robes, breast plate,…
I want to be on time For this service, Kol Nidrei, On this night of all nights, On this Sabbath of all Sabbaths. Preparations for this night are intentional— Dinner planned out ahead of time, Leave work…
The Days of Awe are a time of internal reflection, when we look deep inside ourselves and commit to doing things differently in the coming year. They are also a time when we may renew our commitment…
G-d judges us on Rosh Hashanah. But the prayerbook says that we can still do three things before Yom Kippur to change the judgment: teshuvah, tefillah, and tzedekah. Why these three? They aren’t even written in the…
As I thought about what to say to introduce the shofar service, I thought of the lines of the Unetanah Tokef from the Rosh Hashanah service – “The great shofar is sounded, a still small voice is…
With a very busy month of holidays, preschool can be hard. As soon as we adjust to our schedule, along come the holidays which tend to throw our littlest friends off-kilter. Maintaining consistency in the classroom while…