Dear Friends: Tomorrow afternoon from 4 to 5 we will be hosting a viewing of the art exhibition “Wrapping Memory” and an ice cream...

Dear Friends: I was fortunate earlier this week to attend the American Jewish Committee’s annual Global Forum which was held at the...

Dear Friends: Shavuot, which begins this coming Tuesday evening,  is unique in that it is the only Jewish holiday which cannot be started...

Dear Friends: From Sunday afternoon through Tuesday afternoon of the coming week, I will be attending the American Jewish Committee’s...

Dear Friends: Last night I taught a class called “Mahloket L’shem Shamayim: Jewish Wisdom for Productive and Respectful Disagreement.” As...

Dear Friends: Tomorrow night for Adult Education I will be teaching about what the Talmud calls Machloket L’shem Shamayim, literally “a...

Dear Friends: As I mentioned on Wednesday, last night I was privileged to attend the Israeli Embassy’s observance of Yom HaAtzmaut. The...

A Note from the Rabbi Dear Friends: There will be no Adult Education class tomorrow night. I was honored to receive an invitation to the...

Dear Friends: One of the most widely observed Jewish holidays occurs this Tuesday night and Wednesday. “So if it is so widely observed,”...

Dear Friends: Yesterday was Yom HaAtzmaut, Israel’s Independence Day. We will mark Yom HaAtzmaut this coming Shabbat morning during...

Dear Friends: Tonight and tomorrow we will observe Sisterhood Shabbat, which we do on the Shabbat before Mother’s Day every year. I want...

Dear Friends: A rabbi was leading his first Shabbat service at his new congregation. When they got to the first Hatzi Kaddish, about half...

Dear Friends: I had reason to wake up quite early yesterday morning so I spent a couple of hours watching on live TV as the California...

Dear Friends: MiSheberach List “reset”: The Committee on Jewish Law and Standards of Conservative Judaism (CJLS)  recently passed a...

Dear Friends: MiSheberach List “reset”: The Committee on Jewish Law and Standards of Conservative Judaism (CJLS)  recently passed a...

Dear Friends: MiSheberach List “reset”: The Committee on Jewish Law and Standards of Conservative Judaism (CJLS)  recently passed a...

Dear Friends: A few notes about the upcoming holidays and beyond: MiSheberach List “reset”: The Committee on Jewish Law and Standards of...

Dear Friends: As we get ready for Pesach, besides preparing our homes for the holiday we also need to prepare our souls. For many of us...

The following is intended as general guidance for observing Passover according to normative Conservative guidelines. Different families...

Dear Friends: As Pesach is approaching, I want to make sure that you have the information that you will need to observe the holiday. I...