Dear Friends: If you asked me for a list of people in the present day who I most admire, chef Jose Andres would be at the top of the...

Dear Friends: Every year leading up to Pesach we read four special maftir readings after we read the assigned Torah portion for that...

Dear Friends: If you have a good memory and have been a part of Kehilat Shalom for a long time, you may recall that several years ago I...

Dear Friends: I would be remiss if I did not start this note with sincere thanks to everyone who made this past Sunday’s wonderful...

Dear Friends: Yesterday morning Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer made a speech on the Senate floor where he called on Israel’s Prime...

Dear Friends: On Sunday and Monday of this week we observed Rosh Chodesh Adar Sheni, the beginning of the month of Adar II. Especially...

Dear Friends: Last night between minyan and the State of the Union Address our Adult Education class learned and discussed some...

Dear Friends: Last night our “Understanding the Siddur” class started our study of the Shema -- by which we mean the entire three...

Dear Friends: It is not uncommon for people who are moving or downsizing to bring various Jewish ritual objects and books to the...

Dear Friends: I was gratified that quite a few of our Kehilat Shalom folks participated in my class last night on “Understanding the...

Dear Friends: One of the challenges of Conservative Judaism is that the “cost of entry” is fairly high. By this I do not mean the...

Dear Friends: Please watch your emails later today for a decision on whether services tomorrow will be held in person at the shul with a...

Dear Friends: Did you watch the TV series Northern Exposure when it was on in the early 1990s? I did, and I enjoyed it, although one...

Dear Friends: Last night our Adult Education class looked at three Talmudic texts which I had selected because I believe they give some...

Dear Friends: While the Talmud is often considered to be a compendium of legal materials -- and it certainly serves that function -- it...

Dear Friends: In my message Wednesday morning I noted that while my father’s birthday is 7 days before mine according to the Gregorian...

A Note from the Rabbi Dear Friends: My father’s birthday was February 2 and mine is February 9. When it came time to schedule my Bar...

Dear Friends: Last night we had an interesting and well-attended discussion on trying to understand and define what Conservative Judaism...

Dear Friends: Some time in the early 1990s, when I was the Hillel Director at American University, I was invited to be the “Scholar In...

Dear Friends: A few quick notes on this Friday morning where more snow than anticipated has fallen and continue to fall as I write this....