Spirit Blog

Congregation Eshel Avraham, the center for Masorti Judaism in Beer Sheva, grapples with rocket barrages from Gaza -- which present particular challenges for their Early Childhood Center and the 200 children who spend every day at the synagogue. Rabbi Mauricio Balter, the community's spiritual leader as well as the President of the Rabbinical Assembly in Israel, writes about the experience of living a routine that is anything but routine. Read about it here in the Jerusalem Post .