In the Name of Judaism, We Will Protect Democracy / Rosh Hashanah 5784

In February, I finally had the opportunity to return to Israel for the first time since before the pandemic. It had been the longest stretch of time I’ve gone without visiting Israel since I made my first trip there, and I felt so blessed to be back.  On the second day of my trip, I …

Forgive and Forget? – Rosh Hashanah Evening 5780

Rabbi Beth Kalisch, Beth David Reform Congregation 1 Tishrei 5780 / September 29, 2019 The letters started slowly, but soon, Chris Quinn, the online editor for Cleveland.com, the online home of the newspaper the Cleveland Plain Dealer, started noticing that he was getting more and more of them. “The article below [from your website] appears at …

In the Image: Rosh Hashanah Morning 5780

Rabbi Beth Kalisch, Beth David Reform Congregation1 Tishrei 5780 / September 30, 2019 And on the 6th day of creation, after that first primordial light had been spoken into being, after water had been separated from water to create heaven and earth, after seed-bearing plants and the fish of the sea and the birds of …