Shoresh’s First Music Festival Proves to be Epic and Spectacular!

 Rabbi David Finkelstein, Executive Director of Shoresh, had a longtime dream of hosting a “Kosher Woodstock.” It finally came to fruition on Sunday, July 3, after months of planning and with the help of the Camp Shoresh staff, volunteers, and co-chairs Shani Kohen and Yona Openden. Shoresh held its first-ever Jewish Roots Music Festival on […]

Not a Time For Humility

Rabbi Zvi Teichman An attempt is made by Moshe to take a shortcut on the Children of Israel’s journey to the promised land through the territory of Edom. In what appears to be a heartfelt appeal, Moshe sends a three-pronged message to the King of Edom. Firstly, he asserts their familial connection as ‘brothers’. The […]