Lech Lecha -By Ellen Brown, Member, VBS Board of Directors
10/25/2017 01:59:28 PM
In last week's parsha Noach, we ended with the listing of the 10 generations from Noach to Abram. When we begin this week's parsha, Lech L'cha, Abram is 75 and God says to him “Lech L'cha.”
Abram and his wife Sarai,...Read more...
It's a New World - By Scott Howard, VBS President
08/31/2017 11:12:04 AM
“It's a new world, Tevye, it's a new world." I always thought those words only pertained to the times in Fiddler on the Roof. Over the years, I continually am surprised to see once again, It's a new world.
Based on our...Read more...
Why is Yale so Emotional? -By Sheva Locke, Head of VBS Day School
08/24/2017 01:43:36 PM
This summer, five VBS Day School administrators and teachers traveled to Yale University to find out why Yale is so emotional. They attended a special conference at the Yale Center for Emotional Intelligence to learn about a...Read more...
Stand Up and Be Counted
07/13/2017 03:07:28 PM
Growing up in the era of Women's Lib in the 1970's I am the daughter of a single working mom. But I have chosen a traditional marriage and was a stay at home mom until my children were in middle school. Whenever we come to Parashat...Read more...
Cooking Corner with Chef Danny Corsun
07/03/2017 01:44:20 PM
Summer is here and it's time for all you VBS grill masters to break out your oven...Read more...
WE'RE (STILL) NOT WORTHY
06/08/2017 12:36:53 PM
Our Torah follows a cycle of reading for the year. While we are currently in the book of Bamidbar or Numbers, we are shortly approaching the weekly parasha of Sh'lach Lecha. It's not this week's parasha, but the one following. We are at...Read more...
The Calendar of Time
05/04/2017 02:16:00 PM
There are all sorts of idioms in the English language concerning time. Time flies when you're having fun, time is fleeting, just in time; too many more to list. It seems that time does go by faster each year and as we grow older. I...Read more...
SACRIFICES, WHAT FOR?
03/29/2017 03:53:39 PM
This Shabbat, we begin the book of Vayikra; it's filled with laws for the people from G-d. There are rules for sacrifices, rules for Kashrut, rules for living a life of purpose in an ethical fashion. The Holiness Code is in the book of...Read more...
BERNSTEIN, SONDHEIM…. & FOX, BARON AND MIZRAHI
02/23/2017 03:40:20 PM
A funny thing happened on the way to writing a serious article on the history of Jewish Music…
With the best of serious intentions, I did my research and sat surrounded by many Jewish music history books. I'd been puzzling...Read more...
IT ONLY TAKES A MOMENT
01/19/2017 12:05:23 PM
Life is made up of moments. In the last week, I have witnessed three different moments in the Jewish lifecycle. I was privileged to participate in a Mikvah service of conversion for a child born of a surrogate. I spent time with several...Read more...
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