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Martin Luther King, Jr. (MLK) Day is a chance to honor the legacy of Dr. King and draw inspiration from his life and leadership. It is also an opportunity to acknowledge the gaps between our country and the world as they are now and the ways we know they could, and should, be — just as he …
Dear Friends,
2025 was another intense and tumultuous year. Looking back, the number and magnitude of challenges and threats to the Jewish People and Israel felt daunting in so many ways.
Yet, as I reflect on this past year, I feel inspired by and grateful for the strength, resilience, and…
More than 260 years ago at the Touro Synagogue in Newport, RI, Rabbi Isaac Touro gave what is believed to be the first Hebrew Thanksgiving sermon praising England’s King George III for protecting Newport’s Jews. There have been many ups and downs in our nation since then, but…
Every time I come into CJP’s offices, I walk by an inspiring quote that happens to come from Vayera, this week’s Torah portion:
“Shall I hide from Abraham what I am about to do?” God says in the text, “For I have singled him out that he may teach his children and all the generatio…
