Rabbi Shoshana Nyer

Rabbi Shoshana Nyer is the director of lifelong learning at Suburban Temple – Kol Ami in Beachwood, OH, a synagogue recognized as an Exemplar Congregation for Disabilities Inclusion by the URJ and the Ruderman Family Foundation. She was ordained from Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion's New York campus in 2003, and is currently completing her second year in their Executive M.A. Program in Jewish Education.

Torrah and Kippah
Eikev

It’s Not All About Us: Redemption, Revelation, and the Land of Israel

D'Var Torah By: Rabbi Rachel Sabath Beit-Halachmi, Ph.D.
Being human means dangling simultaneously between two core realities. At one and the same time, on one hand you matter a great deal – it’s all about us! -- and on the other hand, you’re not the only thing that matters.... This dialectic is especially emphasized in Parashat Eikev, in Deuteronomy, chapters 8-11, as the Israelites approach a climactic moment in human history. Will redemption and Revelation really allow for the possibility of creating an ideal society?