Re'eh- Make a Decision!
This week’s parsha opens with one of those epic, profoundly moving, famous verses- (Deuteronomy 11:26)- “See, I set before you, today,...
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The God Show Podcast With Pat McMahon - Ep. 282 Israel under attack. How could it happen?
Ask an Army Colonel. Ask a Rabbi. Ask a woman. They are all.
Rabbi Bonnie Koppell
- Jul 21
- 4 min
Balak: Antisemitism 2600 Years Later
This week’s Torah portion. Balak, contains the well-known story of the talking donkey who tries to prevent the prophet Balaam from...
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Rabbi Bonnie Koppell
- Jul 11
- 4 min
Thou Shalt Not Post the Ten Commandments
Let me start off by saying that I am pro-10 commandments. In Jewish tradition, we classically have 613 commandments, but the top ten are...
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Rabbi Bonnie Koppell
- Jul 8
- 3 min
We Are NOT Grasshoppers - Korach 5784
In your Shabbat bulletin you will find a list of my 30 favorite verses in the Torah. I started off with a goal of 10, but the list quickly..
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Rabbi Bonnie Koppell
- Jun 7
- 5 min
BaMidbar: Everyone Counts
The book of BaMidbar picks up where Exodus left off. Our Israelite ancestors escaped from slavery in Egypt, successfully passed through...
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Rabbi Bonnie Koppell
- May 22
- 4 min
B’har: Do Not Oppress
This week’s Torah portion, B’Har addresses issues of economic justice and social equality, environmental stewardship...
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Rabbi Bonnie Koppell
- Apr 15
- 3 min
Passover Jewish News 2024
After perhaps too much preparation, we find ourselves in the midst of our Passover celebration. Perhaps the message of “Dayenu” has found...
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Rabbi Bonnie Koppell
- Mar 28
- 4 min
Passover Seder 2024
Why is this Passover different from all other Passover seders?
Passover celebrates liberation. It celebrates freedom...
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Rabbi Bonnie Koppell
- Mar 20
- 4 min
Purim and Antisemitism 2024
I’ve been thinking a lot about the upcoming holiday of Purim, a moment in our calendar characterized by much joy and not a small amount of..
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Rabbi Bonnie Koppell
- Mar 7
- 4 min
Ki Tissa: The Half Shekel, Me and You
Check out these coins! Although it is a coin from the State of Israel, the notion of it goes back to this week’s Torah reading. As the...
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Rabbi Bonnie Koppell
- Feb 16
- 4 min
What is God’s Love Language?
Gold and silver and brass. Blue and purple and scarlet. Plus precious stones and fine oil and fabrics and skins. Terumah begins.
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Rabbi Bonnie Koppell
- Dec 29, 2023
- 4 min
Loneliness New Year’s Weekend 2024
Did you read where Dr. Ruth Westheimer has a new job? At the age of 95, she was just appointed as New York’s first “loneliness ambassador.”
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Rabbi Bonnie Koppell
- Dec 26, 2023
- 4 min
Chanukkah in a Time of War-2023
As the holiday of Chanukkah draws to a close, I am struck by the fact that this is the only Jewish holiday that celebrates a military...
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Rabbi Bonnie Koppell
- Dec 3, 2023
- 3 min
To Be a Free People in Our Own Land
A commentary on Parshat Vayeitze published in the Jewish News of Greater Phoenix, Nov. 24, 2023 In Genesis 27:13-14 God speaks to the...
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Rabbi Bonnie Koppell
- Oct 19, 2023
- 4 min
"I Will Bless Those Who Bless You"- Genesis 12:3
THANK YOU TO MY NON-JEWISH MILITARY COLLEAGUES AND FRIENDS- Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. wrote these powerful words- “In the end, we...
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Rabbi Bonnie Koppell
- Oct 11, 2023
- 4 min
Bereshit and Justice
And so it begins again. This week, Parshat Bereshit, we have the opportunity to open our Torah scroll to the very beginning and take it...
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Rabbi Bonnie Koppell
- Oct 8, 2023
- 2 min
Violating the Law of Land Warfare
Violating the Law of Land Warfare Rabbi Bonnie Koppell CH (COL) USAR- Retired War has been part of human history for as long as we know. ...
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Rabbi Bonnie Koppell
- Oct 7, 2023
- 3 min
Israel at War
Israel at War Simchat Torah 2023 Rabbi Bonnie Koppell It was just last night, in the before time, that Alan Zeichick and I were chatting...
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Rabbi Bonnie Koppell
- Sep 27, 2023
- 7 min
A Jewish Perspective on Artificial Intelligence
A Jewish Perspective on Artificial Intelligence Rabbi Bonnie Koppell Kol Nidre 2023 I want you to look at the Torah. I want you to think...
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Rabbi Bonnie Koppell
- Sep 19, 2023
- 8 min
HAPPY New Year
Are you happy to be here this morning? I am! First of all, I’m happy that we can be together. Personally I am not yet so far past the...
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