A Message from Marc

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CJP's President and CEO, Rabbi Marc Baker, writes and teaches about leadership, community, and civic life, bringing the voice of Jewish tradition to contemporary issues.

 

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Storming the Capitol

Shalom Chaverim (Dear Friends),

Like most of you I’m sure, I have spent today watching the events taking place at our Capitol with sadness and horror.

As a proud American, it broke my heart when my son said to me, “Abba (Dad), we are the laughingstock of the world.” I never imagined …

Living With Dying: A Reflection on 2020

Shalom Chaverim,

In this past Sunday’s The New York Times, Dr. BJ Miller wrote about death: “This year has awakened us to the fact that we die. We’ve always known it to be true in a technical sense, but a pandemic demands that we internalize this understanding.”

This might not se…

Lighting the Way

Shalom Chaverim,
 
Earlier this week, we marked Rosh Chodesh Kislev, the first day of the Jewish month of Kislev. It is the month with the shortest, darkest days of the year and it is the month in which Hanukkah, the Festival of Lights, will remind us that we can see and create light in …

Practicing Patience

Shalom Chaverim (Dear Friends),

As we head into Shabbat, we are getting closer to an outcome for the 2020 presidential election.

This week has been a prolonged period of not-knowing on top of the anxiousness so many have been feeling about the outcome. May shabbat bring moments of peace, p…

Putting Things Back Together

Shalom Chaverim,

Earlier this week, over 150 members of our Greater Boston Jewish community participated in the Jewish Federations of North America’s first-ever virtual General Assembly, which brought together more than 10,000 people from across the country and around the globe. It was a …