Karol Joseph heads up our branch in Brooklyn, New York. Karol grew up in a Conservative Jewish home in the Boston area. Find out more here http://www.jewsforjesus.org/karol-joseph/60

Choice By Sheldon Scher I can choose— To be relaxed, dormant in thought and deed; To accept only that which is laid on me: Like a stone that receives no input, transmits no output And makes no choice as to the moss on its surface, I can choose to be oblivious to my environment. Read more here

How Do I Love the Omer? … Let Me Count the Ways Written By: Rich Robinson Currently, the Jewish community is in the midst of the 49-day period known as "counting the omer." This tradition originates from two verses in Leviticus: From the day after the Sabbath, the day you brought the sheaf of the wave offering, count off seven full weeks. Count off fifty days up to the day after the seventh Sabbath, and then present an offering of new grain to the Lord. (Leviticus 23:15-16) Find out more here