by rslaton | May 14, 2022 | From the Blog
by Rabbi Allie Fischman Camp Director This week’s Torah portion in Leviticus, Emor (Speak), teaches us about a variety of prescriptive laws…regulations on the priests’ lives, sacrifices, set times for a variety of holidays, details for the lamp in the sanctuary, how...
by rslaton | May 6, 2022 | From the Blog
by Rabbi Allie Fischman, Camp Director This week’s Torah portion, Kedoshim in the book of Leviticus, teaches us about a variety of important mitzvot. Right at the beginning is the commandment to honor one’s parents. Reading the Torah portion this week, I just kept...
by rslaton | Apr 29, 2022 | From the Blog
by Rabbi Allie Fischman, Camp Director Yesterday we commemorated Yom HaShoah or Holocaust Remembrance Day. We remember the six million Jews and the millions of lives cut short by the atrocities of the Holocaust. We also remember those who were not Jewish and risked...
by rslaton | Apr 8, 2022 | From the Blog
by Rabbi Allie Fischman, Camp Director On the walls of many synagogues, on the faces of many arks, and adorning many pieces of Jewish artwork we read, “Tzedek, tzedek, tirdof…Justice, justice, you shall pursue” (Deuteronomy 16:20). This verse of...
by rslaton | Mar 25, 2022 | From the Blog
by Rabbi Allie Fischman, Camp Director In my first year of rabbinical school in Jerusalem, I stood before my classmates and professors, wearing a large tallit and tefillin, and stated in a loud clear voice, “I love bacon.” I created a bit of a stir while...
