Rabbi Lewis Eron retired in 2017 after 24 years working for the Jewish Federation of Southern New Jersey, most recently as the director of religious services at Lions Gate and as the Jewish community chaplain.
This week’s Torah portion, Va’era, is set in Egypt. Moses has already returned from his exile in Midian. He has had his first and unsuccessful
And Jacob went on his way, and the angels of God met him. And Jacob said when he saw them: “This is God’s camp.” And
In the Stone Edition Chumash, the brief note on Genesis 25:1-11, which summarizes Abraham’s life after the death of his wife, Sarah, and the marriage
Every Shabbat morning during services at the Jewish Geriatric Home, our residents, our volunteers, our guests and I pause to offer thanksgiving for the joyous
It’s hard to believe that in a few weeks we will be begin the fall holidays with the celebration of Rosh Ha-Shanah, the Jewish New
Once, during the holy season of Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur, the Hasidic master Rabbi Levi Yitzhak of Berditchev, paused in his devotions and looking
There comes a point in the life of all faithful Jews when we face the fact that what the Torah says, just isn’t so. This
Each time we pronounce a blessing, we are making a political statement. Within the introduction to every blessing are the words which declare that our
The great miracle of Jewish survival is not that we survived great tragedies. It is that we survived as a community ever faithful to its
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