“You shall not wrong a stranger or oppress him, for you were strangers in the land of Egypt.” In our weekly Torah reading, we are in the midst of one of the most important stories of the Jewish people, the exodus from Egypt. There are many lessons we take from the tales of bondage, suffering and freedom of the Israelites. The command to treat strangers with kindness is at the forefront. We read the verse above numerous times throughout the Torah. We are told that since we k

Ethan Harris Kane, son of Midbar Kodesh Temple members Nancy and Mitchell Kane, brother to Jason, and grandson of Lois and David Gross from Marlboro, New Jersey and Alan Kane from Las Vegas and Myra Kane of blessed memory, will be called to the Torah in February. Ethan is a proud graduate of Solomon Schechter Day School of Las Vegas. He is now enrolled in a math and science magnet program in a CCSD middle school. He plays the guitar, is on the school's Rubik’s cube team and p

Would you believe that there are over eleven thousand homeless children in the Clark County School District? One of the consequences of homelessness is hunger. For many of the homeless students the only nutritional meals, or meals at all, they get are breakfast and lunch supplied by the school each day. Imagine it is Friday afternoon and you are heading back to the shelter, the car, or the couch in someone’s apartment where you will live for the next two days. Where will y