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Despite the coronavirus pandemic, Kayla Gruenberg, a seventh grade student at Krieger Schechter Day School, celebrated the rite of passage of becoming a bat mitzvah before family members, friends and her community on May 16 at Chizuk Amuno Congregation. (Photo by Michael Temchine)
As rabbi of a local synagogue, Chizuk Amuno’s Rabbi Joshua Z. Gruenberg always thought his daughter Kayla’s bat mitzvah would be a public happening in a packed sanctuary. The pandemic changed all that, but not the day’s meaning.
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It will be far easier to fulfill the Haggadah’s mandate that we imagine ourselves as though we, too, left from Egypt, writes Rabbi Joshua Z. Gruenberg. (Photo by Creative Touch Imaging Ltd./NurPhoto, via JTA)
Chizuk Amuno Congregation’s Rabbi Joshua Gruenberg offers tips on how to lead this year’s seder, virtual or otherwise.
Read MoreThe whole summer is a Jewish rollercoaster ride of emotion, beginning with a period of mourning and ending with the celebration of another year of life.
Read MoreProfessionally, we have no choice but to engage in this great process of preparation. If we were to just show up on the eve of Rosh Hashanah, we would have wasted a great opportunity to inspire our respective communities.
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