Friends,
This Shabbat is a big one. To celebrate, to commemorate, to grieve, to recommit. A 250-year anniversary is hard to grasp: smaller than the millennia of Jewish history, yet far beyond our own lifetimes. But there is nothing vague or abstract about where we find ourselves in 2026. This July 4th, Alan Lew’s book title really hits home: This is Real and You [We] are Completely Unprepared. Do you ever wonder if the American experiment will last another 250 years?
