Re-posted from June 3, 2021 The Greeks posed a philosophical question regarding the ship which Theseus and the youth of Athens had...

Thoughts on the World Wide Wrap This Sunday, is not only Superbowl Sunday, but for nearly 25 years it has been linked by the National...

Thoughts on the Stories in the Bible I recall many years ago, a colleague describing a discussion with young people about some of the...

Thoughts on Tu BiShvat and Etrogs This week we celebrate Tu BiShvat, the fifteenth day of the Hebrew month of Shvat, designated by our...

Thoughts on the Shabbat of Love Whenever we offer our prayers on Shabbat both in the Amidah and in the Friday night Kiddush we speak of...

The last time I was in Israel was about fourteen years ago. I was there for a conference during February, While there, I encountered a...

Our first patriarch, Abraham, was 75 years of age when he received his call to go forth from his homeland and travel to the land which...

On Rosh Hashanah, there is a saying that appears in one of the liturgical poems, a piyyut, recited in some traditions that states,...

One of the regular visitors to our Shabbat services is a lovely Cambodian woman named Chhomnath Long, whom we know simply as "Chumna."...

Nearly ten weeks have passed since the horrendous events of October 7th.  The war continues in Gaza, as Israel strives to rescue those...

Last year, when I attended the annual convention of the Rabbinical Assembly, the international organization of Conservative/Masorti...

As we know, Jewish holidays are either “early” or “late” each year; they never seem to come “on time.” This is due to the Jewish calendar...

Our Jewish tradition prescribes three daily prayer services, shacharit in the morning, minchah in the afternoon, and maariv at night. The...

We have noted in the past that while there are certain prayers regarded by our Sages as obligatory, that passing centuries have added to...

Thoughts on the Akedah (The Binding of Isaac) When we think of the Akedah, the story of the binding and near-sacrifice of our ancestor...

Names are very important in Jewish tradition.  The second book of the Torah, known in English as Exodus, bears the name “Shmot” in Hebrew...

In the wake of the recent unprovoked attack on the State of Israel and its citizens by the terrorist group Hamas, resulting in the murder...

Saturday morning. Shabbat. Shemini Atzeret. Simchat Torah in Israel. Z'man Simchateinu we call it in our liturgy, the season of our joy....

In the Tanach, the Jewish Bible, five small books are grouped together following the larger Books of Psalms, Proverbs, and Job, among the...

Somewhere tucked away, ready to pop out when I least expect it, I have a campaign-style button with a picture of a milkshake on it.  This...