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On Body and Soul…
written on February 25, 2016 // 0 CommentsShabbat Shalom. Have you heard about the new craze in fitness here in LA?!? Soul Cycle. Does anyone know what […]

A Meaningful Life is a Covenantal One: Parashat Yitro – January 29, 2016
written on February 1, 2016 // 0 CommentsYesterday afternoon, I picked up my bag and just before I hurled myself out of the door, into the light […]

Softening our hearts – Parashat Bo, January 15, 2016
written on January 18, 2016 // 0 CommentsBy Rabbi Lisa Edwards Did any of you buy a lottery ticket this week? Did you win? Did you expect […]

Continually Becoming a Sacred People: Parashat Vaera – January 8, 2016
written on January 11, 2016 // 0 Commentsby Rabbi Heather Miller Happy New Year! Reading this week’s Torah portion, though, one might think that it’s Passover since […]

The Power of Midrash: Parashat Vayigash, December 18 – 2015
written on January 11, 2016 // 0 Commentsby Rabbi Heather Miller When I was growing up, I found a very special book on the shelf. It was […]

Showing Up: A Shabbat Drash on Parashat Vayeitzei
written on December 3, 2015 // 1 CommentBy: Jess Reynolds When we last checked in on our patriarch, Jacob, he was busy pretending to be someone he […]

Krystallnacht, Rabin Yahrzeit: Shabbat Chaye Sarah Nov. 6, 2015
written on November 14, 2015 // 0 CommentsAny idea who is speaking here: He said in an interview that he thought he had “made a difference to […]

Torah portion Toldot: Somebody else’s dream
written on November 12, 2015 // 0 CommentsRabbi Lisa Edwards’ commentary on Torah portion Toldot was first published in the Jewish Journal on November 2015 I had the […]

Radical Welcoming: A Drash on Torah Portion Vayeirah by Rabbi Heather Miller
written on November 1, 2015 // 0 CommentsOctober 30, 2015. Time for flashback Friday. Let’s think back to that time when being a Jewish American princess was […]

Yom Kippur 2015 – Kol Nidre Drash
written on October 12, 2015 // 0 CommentsListen to the Kol Nidrei drash of Rabbi Lisa Edwards.