Friday, April 20, 2018

What does Mitzvah mean to YOU?

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Lakeside Congregation at the Northern Illinois Food Bank 2018 One of the first things I teach in my school is that Mitzvah means command...
Thursday, April 5, 2018

Traveling to Israel-Come for the fun; stay for the experience!

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Someone once asked me how did I get to be so crazy, mishugana, for Israel?  I started to think about it.  Was it my Rabbi growing up who tal...
Wednesday, March 21, 2018

The time is now!

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This week there was a confluence of current events which led me to believe that we must act now. First, I hope that everyone voted this week...
Friday, January 19, 2018

Are we coming or going in Parshat BO and I am going to #ARJE18 in Seattle Jan 22-24, 2018

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From BIM-BAM , a great recap of the weekly Torah Portion! In this week's Torah portion, Bo meaning either come or go in Hebrew, we s...
Wednesday, January 3, 2018

Vacation, Value and Visualization: Cartagena, Columbia December 2017

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I was very lucky to vacation with my extended family in Cartagena, Colombia during part of the cold snap happening in Chicago. It was a wo...
Wednesday, November 22, 2017

Happy Thanksgiving and how about some Hebrew practice over break?

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Learning with our magnetic D'vash Boards in Kitah Aleph  Happy Thanksgiving and I know by this time of year students, parents and te...
Thursday, November 9, 2017

Hate, civil rights and meeting the co-founder of Southern Law Poverty Center

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This weekend at Lakeside we have a scholar in residence program focusing on combating hate.  Joe Levin from the Southern Law Poverty Center...