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Posted on August 18, 2026

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Posted on August 13, 2026

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Best of Past High Holy Day Divrei Torah (Sermons)

Posted on August 12, 2026

Here in no particular order is a selection I would make of some of my better Divrei Torah from past years that still have relevance today. If I haven’t fixed a link here let me know! I’m working through them. Your Moral Autobiography (5786/2025) The Power of Kindness in a Brutal World (5786/2025) Who Knows? (5780/2019) How Continue Reading »

Keter Shem Tov Recipient Ellie Schwartz

Posted on July 14, 2026

Temple Beth Abraham’s Keter Shem Tov nominee is Ellie Schwartz. Ellie grew up in Massachusetts. She attended Brandeis, then the University of Michigan, earning both a Master’s in Library Science and an MBA. In 1988, she and her husband joined Temple Beth Abraham (TBA). Ellie’s contributions to TBA have been many and varied. She served Continue Reading »

Exodus — The Big Picture

Posted on January 27, 2026

Here are two talks of mine, each a bit more than ten minutes, about the Exodus narrative as the backbone of Judaism and the book that transformed everything. I hope these can be grounding especially in the current times. You can watch or listen on YouTube, or read them. All the links are below. I Continue Reading »

Winter Charities

Posted on December 24, 2025

At our Chanukkah party at the synagogue I mentioned these organizations and funds for helping with immediate needs: Donations for the Nashua overnight warming station — coffee (ground or instant), tea, individually wrapped snacks/snack bars can be dropped off at the Nashua Division of Public Health and Community Services, 18 Mulberry Street on the 2nd Continue Reading »

Best of My High Holy Day Words (5785-86 Edition)

Posted on September 17, 2025

Here is a selection I would make of some of my better Divrei Torah from past years that still have relevance today. Who Knows? (5780/2019) How the story of Esther even more than the Torah can guide us to live in a world of randomness and mortal dangers. How Good Do I Have to Be? (5777/2016) Continue Reading »

What’s in a Name? Why The Jewish Education Center of Nashua Isn’t “Hebrew School”

Posted on August 28, 2025

By Sarit Tsor   When families first hear about the Jewish Education Center of Nashua (JECoN), the question we hear most often is: “So… is this a fancy name for Hebrew School?” The short answer? No. It’s so much more. Albert Einstein once said, “The only source of knowledge is experience.” At JECoN, that’s exactly Continue Reading »

What is a Jewish Scientist?

Posted on August 11, 2025

By Eitan Zeira How does one who identifies as Jewish, which implies some relation or intimation of a God, participate in the scientific process? How does a person reconcile faith with evidence-based explorations? These are  questions I suspect many have struggled and tossed in their minds as they pursue both. To say I believe in Continue Reading »

Zionism, Anti-Zionism – the Complexity and Confusion

Posted on July 20, 2025

By Sarit Tsor, July 2025 The Israeli-Palestinian conflict has gained renewed global attention and heightened emotions following the October 7, 2023, Hamas massacre in the Gaza Envelope of Israel, which initiated a war that is still ongoing as I write this in July 2025. Alongside this, the term “Zionism” has become increasingly controversial. Many pro-Palestinian Continue Reading »