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Weekly Reflection – October 27, 2020: A Message from Gil Preuss

Sam Cooper
27 October 2020
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Today, we remember the eleven people killed during the October 27, 2018 attack in Pittsburgh. I know the pain and horror of that day still feel very real. As Jews, Read more

Weekly Reflection – October 23, 2020: A Message from Gil Preuss

Sam Cooper
23 October 2020
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Many of us will spend time in the next two weeks voting and volunteering, donating and discussing, all so that we might have an impact on the future of our Read more

Weekly Reflection – October 16, 2020: A Message from Gil Preuss

Sam Cooper
16 October 2020
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This has been a season of tending to immediate and short-term needs. Since the onset of the pandemic, we have joined with the Greater Washington Jewish community in raising and Read more

A Message from Gil Preuss October 9, 2020

Sam Cooper
09 October 2020
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The pandemic may have put some security issues on hold but, unfortunately, it has not decreased the need to remain proactive and vigilant against those who would do us harm. Read more

Weekly Reflection – October 2, 2020: A Message from Gil Preuss

Sam Cooper
02 October 2020
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We made it through the first-ever “remote” Yom Kippur. Some, like my daughter in Colorado, joined socially-distanced in-person services, but most of us observed the day at home, online. I Read more

Weekly Reflection – September 25, 2020: A Message from Gil Preuss

Sam Cooper
25 September 2020
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The Jewish people are a people of memory. As teacher and thinker Avraham Infeld describes, the Jewish experience is characterized not simply by history—learning about and recounting past events—but by Read more

Weekly Reflection – September 17, 2020: A Message from Gil Preuss

Sam Cooper
17 September 2020
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Tomorrow, Jews around the world will pause our busy lives to greet the new Jewish year. Rosh Hashanah is a holiday layered with meaning, but at its core, it is Read more

Weekly Reflection – September 11, 2020: A Message from Gil Preuss

Sam Cooper
11 September 2020
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Today, on the nineteenth anniversary of September 11, 2001, I begin this reflection with a remembrance of the thousands of lives lost on that tragic day. May their memories be Read more

Wisdom & Reflections: To Be Seen

Sam Cooper
11 September 2020
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By Rabbi Ben Berger In many ways, for Hillel, much of the summer provides that time or reflection, recuperation, and readying for the year ahead. Despite the obvious challenges

It’s Complicated: Our Relationship Status with God

Sam Cooper
11 September 2020
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By Rabbi Mitchell Berkowitz I still hold on to an important lesson I learned from one of my college professors: A compelling message can be shared in two pages