By Cantor Lorna Wallach In his book, The Art of Public Prayer, Lawrence Hoffman states that sacred music is music…
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By Rabbi Steven Bayar We live in a practical tradition. We begin the New Year with ten days devoted to…
By Rabbi Steven Bayar This is Rabbi Bayar’s most recent post for Rabbis Without Borders-My Jewish Learning. This post was…
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By Rabbi Sharon Litwin, Director of Congregational Learning This past Monday, June 15, CBI welcomed Danny Becker of The David…
Report from President Andrea Hirschfeld at Congregation B’nai Israel Annual Meeting May 27, 2015 First, I would like to…
By Rabbi Steven Bayar This week’s Torah portion is Bamidbar, In the Wilderness, which begins the book of “Numbers.” We begin…
By Rabbi Steven Bayar This week we read the double portions of Behar/Bechukotai. These are the last two parshas in the…
By Rabbi Steven Bayar On Wednesday night we begin the celebration of the minor holiday of Lag B’Omer (so named because…
By Rabbi Steven Bayar This week’s Torah reading is a double portion: Acharei Mot/Kedoshim. The first parsha (Acharei Mot) describes…

