Many enter this new year as if it is an entirely different world.

We are each made in the image of God.

This year, may the sounds of the shofar strengthen you, enabling the voices of the past to bolster your spirit.

This summer we spent some time in New York City, visiting the 9/11 memorial.

The memories of the murdered and the requests of their families are serving as my hope rebuilders.

We win when we say, there is nothing in this world that will make me stop being a proud Jew and child of Eretz Israel.

Now is the time to make space for what is about to come.

This birthday was a renewed connection to so many of you.

We take heart in knowing, through terror, we embrace life. We choose to live. We plant, we rebuild and find a way forward.

Closure need not mean ending.