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As we go into Simhat Torah on the anniversary of October 7th according to the Hebrew calendar, we are asking ourselves how can we...

Rosh Hashanah is a time of hope, new possibilities, and new direction as we enter the new year.  Yet I have mixed feelings about the...

Tonight is Tisha B'Av, the Ninth day of the month of Av, a day of remembrance and mourning for the two destructions of Jerusalem and the...

This year, Yom Hazikaron, Israel’s Memorial Day is going to be different than so many others. The shadow of October 7 is still hanging...

Last Saturday night at 2 am as we scampered towards our safe room while 170 suicide drones, 110 ballistic missile and 20 cruise missiles...

Purim is a time of joy.  Parties, costumes, singing, dancing, and yes some drinking too.  And not just on Purim but throughout the whole...

Yom Kippur at Tribe Tel Aviv we found ourselves in the center of the turmoil that has been embroiling the country. It played out on the...

Out of the darkness comes light. Over the past few days we have seen unparalleled strength from our fellow Israelis and from the entire...

The unfolding of the past 72 hours in Israel have been harrowing, but mostly heartbreaking on account of the murder and butchering of our...

The time between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur is busy season for Rabbis, and writing the Yom Kippur speech is one of the central tasks...

This Yom Kippur marks fifty years since the Yom Kippur War, since our country was almost overrun and destroyed. It is difficult for us...

This Yom Kippur at Tribe Tel Aviv we found ourselves in the center of the turmoil that has been embroiling the country. It played out on...

Why are children so enthralled with the idea of the Cinderella story? The makeover drama, from ugly duckling to beautiful swan, has also...

Finding Meaning in Tisha B’Av by Rabbi Jonathan Feldman, Director, Tribe Tel Aviv Dear Friends, tonight is Tisha B'Av, the Ninth day of...

Before Hollywood glorified the revenge drama, Alexandre Dumas wrote The Count of Monte Cristo, one of the most famous stories of revenge....

Morning services were over, and I strode out of the synagogue ready for a busy day. I was just about to cross the doorway, and elderly...

Last summer after our daughter Meirah’s high school graduation we visited Salzburg, Austria where my mother’s family is from. We saw the...

At the beginning of our family Seder when I was growing up my grandfather used to fill a cup of grape juice and place it in the center of...

Sam is lonely so he goes to buy a bird that talks. But when he brings the bird home, the bird does not stop cursing. At first Sam asks...

Early Zionist Chasidim working the Land of Israel For many of you, this is your first Rosh Hashanah in Israel, and maybe even your first...

In May 1948, 5 Arab armies were poised to invade the new state of Israel. All the Jews had in their arsenal were rifles and machine guns...

The recognition upon his passing of Rabbi Dr. Abraham Twerski zt’l has already shown us the many facets of his greatness. Over the years...

The Jewish world and the whole world have lost a great teacher and leader, Rabbi Jonathan Sacks. Rabbi Sacks was an unparalleled scholar,...

The two renowned Chasidic masters, the brothers Rav Elimelech and Rav Zusha were rounded up with some of the simple folk they used to...