אני קושית יפה/I’m a Cute Black Girl

Jeremiah warned of the destruction that would be poured out on Judah. He writes about G-d’s hard dispense of holy anger. At one point G-d says, “I will not listen when they call to Me because of their disaster” (12:14). A lot of the wickedness that angered God was the constant worship of false id...

Tisha B’Av, the 9th day of the month of Av (August 6-7, 2022), is the saddest day on the Jewish calendar, on which we fast, deprive ourselves and pray. It is the culmination of the Three Weeks, a period of time during which we mark the destruction of the Holy Temple in Jerusalem. Considering what...

Having grown up in a Jewish Home. Having sat at many Shabbat dinners and taken part in Lighting the Shabbat Candles and listening to my father or family friends say the Kiddush and HaMotzi you would think I would know this off by heart, right? Well I know the Prayer to light the candles, pretty&h...

Times have changed. People have changed. Wisdom has grown. So why shouldn't religion and culture? Last night I asked my Rabbi a question... I asked him what validates . I mean for many ultra Orthodox; Progressive Judaism is not respected or deemed to be the true way to Jewish life and being. Now ...

I have an assignment to do which needs to be handed in on the 30th of August. Now being the diligent student that I am; I started it a few weeks ago and just have 2 more questions to answer. They are each 20 mark questions each but shouldn't take too long to answer them...anyway...in…

We have began a new semester and are now learning about Jewish History. After class last night I just felt a need to dive into reading the Tannakh, which I have yet to actually do, but I do intend on doing so. I spent the night trying to wrap my head around the fact that…

1st Essay for JBC has been marked. I am not going to lie and say that I wasn't hoping for better marks, but 75% is not too bad. Okay I feel like I should have gotten more and it would have been nice if the Rabbi wrote why he marked the way he did. I…

Last night's Jewish Studies left me a lil gobsmacked. Often I felt myself torn in trying to make sense of what I thought was possibly true once and realizing that what the Rabbi was saying made sense and left me wondering why the rest of the world is so convinced that what they believe is…

Today while in shul I got to be present to witness a young boy become a man during his Bat mitzvah. He ended the Shabbat Service with a profound message. I cannot quite remember every word he said, so I am just going to paraphrase. He spoke about how in the beginning a man's inheritance…

Last night's Jewish Studies left me a lil gobsmacked. Often I felt myself torn in trying to make sense of what I thought was possibly true once and realizing that what the Rabbi was saying made sense and left me wondering why the rest of the world is so convinced that what they believe is…