Israel/Corona
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Title
Israel/Corona
Description
I don’t know about you, but I find that story inspiring. It reinforces for me that we tend to distrust and to dislike that is which is unfamiliar. When we get to know someone who is “other” in a real and personal way, we discover that we have more in common than that which divides us. It is a lesson that we here in America desperately need. Civil discourse has disappeared in American life – people are pro-Trump or anti-Trump, supporters of Black Lives Matter or opponents, and there are people who want to defund and others who defend police departments. Even how we respond to the coronavirus is influenced by our politics. These issues are not going away anytime soon, but they don’t have to define our lives or divide us. We can engage one another about teshuvah, about this Rosh Hashanah physically separated from family and fellow congregants, we can learn Torah and live Judaism as members of one unified Kehilah Kedosha, Sacred Community, because that is what we are – we are a sacred community.
Subject
Unity of religious community
has community
Shomrei Torah Congregation
Spatial Coverage
New Jersey
has denomination
Conservative Jewish
Date Submitted
12/2/2020 12:09
