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Celebrating 75 Years of the Modern State of Israel In Israel, as the sun sets tonight, Yom haZikaron will transition into Yom haAtzma'ut...

     I finally got around to reading a fascinating piece forwarded to me by a Temple Sholom congregant from the New York Times, entitled ...

It has been a while since I last posted here.  I want to get back to sharing what congregants have shared with me, to broaden conversations,...

I was asked to write an article for the Union County Clergy Interfaith Coordinating Council November newsletter, which was themed "Reco...

Temple Sholom congregant David Richmand* just shared with me  David Brooks' latest OpEd in the New York Times  about the universal image...

Today is Yom haAtzma'ut - Israeli Independence Day.  In Genesis, when Jacob receives his eponymous name for our people, we are told that...

I have a tallit that my family made for me to wear when I planned to march with the NAACP's Journey for Justice in the summer of 2015.  ...

Susan Sedwin forwarded  this NPR article   to me: Black, Jewish And Avoiding The Synagogue On Yom Kippur My first thought is that I do...

Because most synagogues have less activity (including no religious school) in the summer, the holiday of Tisha b’Av (the Ninth of the Hebre...

Natalie Darwin brought this article from yesterday's New York Times (Israeli Terrorists, Born the USA ) to my attention. Just like many...

[E-mailed to Temple Sholom members on 7/31/15] Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel, the modern American Jewish prophet, famously said of his...

עַל אֵלֶּה | אֲנִי בוֹכִיָּה עֵינִי | עֵינִי יֹרְדָה מַּיִם כִּי רָחַק מִמֶּנִּי מְנַחֵם מֵשִׁיב נַפְשִׁי הָיוּ בָנַי שׁוֹמֵמִים כִּי גָבַר...

Motzei Yom haShoah 5755     It is dark now in Krakow.  The sun set while we ate our dinner after hearing the trumpeter blow the traditi...

Recently, I have imagined myself living in the nexus of a multi-generational debate over an interpretation of a passage in the Torah.  My t...