Whenever we get to this parshah I always enjoy the bad math employed to show just how successful the Jews will be in defeating their...

At the end of this parshah, the Jewish people are told to help their fellow Israelites who become poor. Then we are told right after that...

This Shabbat, Rabbi Benson will discuss the Rabbinical Assembly's statement on Alabama's new state law on abortion, the law itself, and...

Celebrate with a gift from our Judaica Shop! Many Weddings and Bar/Bat Mitzvah’s Mother’s Day is May 12, 2019 Father’s Day is June 16,...

People don’t like to hear it much less think this way, but I tend to believe it is true that we should expect life not to be particularly...

The parshah’s name this week couldn’t be more apt: after death. It refers to the deaths of Aaron’s sons the priest Nadav and Avihu, and...

A message from North Shore Jewish Center and Rabbi Arron Benson about the Easter Sunday attacks in Sri Lanka... Yet again the collective...

The blessing to say over something truly inspiring made by human hands is, "may it be God's will that the Divine Presence should rest in...

Rabbi Aaron Benson is sharing some items from his Passover "to do" list. See below for his post on the four questions. In some haggadah I...

It is a traditional custom to make a symbolic search of the house on the night before Passover begins. At this point, the house should be...

Come to North Shore Jewish Center for a traditional Seder experience. Enjoy insight, tradition and song with your your Seder meal. We...

Please see below for important dates and information about 2019 Pesach 5780. 1st Seder, Friday, 4/19 – Community Seder at NSJC, 7:30pm...

Holding or attending a Seder? Invite two friends or acquaintances who have never attended a Seder to join and participate. Anti-semitism...

Did Jezebel get a bad rap? Was Eve's intentions just misunderstood? According to Rabbi Benson, we might want to reconsider some of the...