Israel in its Most Difficult Hour

 Israel in its Most Difficult Hour

Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Email Print March 28, 2023Sondra Oster Baras After weeks of aggressive demonstrations in the streets of Israel against the Government’s proposed judicial reform, in the past few days, things reached a frenzy that was truly frightening.  More...
Lessons of Purim

Lessons of Purim

Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Email Print March 7, 2023Sondra Oster Baras Today is Purim, one of the most joyous holidays of the Jewish calendar.  It commemorates the events recorded in the Book of Esther.  The wicked Haman plotted the destruction of the entire Jewish...
 A Call for Reasoned Debate

 A Call for Reasoned Debate

Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Email Print February 7, 2023Sondra Oster Baras There is an enormous amount of unrest in our country these days, coming both from within the country and from without.  Just over a week ago, on Friday night, seven people were murdered outside a...
The Rabbi who Taught Me about Redemption

The Rabbi who Taught Me about Redemption

Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Email Print January 3, 2023Sondra Oster Baras I became a Zionist at the age of 13.  My parents had always been Zionists in a typical American way.  They loved Israel, went to every emergency meeting about Israel, and they gave generously to...