Sara Brandes, at The Blogs

Feb 11, 2016, 6:39 PM

“Over three thousand years ago, a tribe of slaves clawed its way from the killing fields of Egypt. Assailed by nomads and crippled by thirst, they wandered the wilderness of Sinai, reaching the foot of the holy mountain only to...

Oct 25, 2015, 12:32 PM

A Prayer for Rain

Storms are returning to the Holy Land. Last year, winter came early here, and it caught me off guard. Suddenly the kibbutz, once so blue and green, was awash with mud, brown mud. And, at night, when the lightning would spark...

About Me

Rabbi Sara Brandes is the author of Magical World: Stories, Reflections, Poems Rabbi-in-Residence at Camp Alonim of the American Jewish University and a member of Kibbutz Hannaton in the Lower Galili of Israel.