Dear Friends: My “Facebook Memories” remind me that ten years ago today I was in Tel Aviv during a prior Israel - Hamas war on a...

Dear Friends: Earlier this week the president of Columbia University resigned in the wake of campus disturbances last year over the...

Dear Friends: I want to thank everyone who reached out to me with good wishes both before and after my medical procedure which took place...

Dear Friends: I want to share with you this morning a brief summary of my introduction to the Torah reading this past Shabbat. Last...

Dear Friends: Late last night three Americans who were falsely imprisoned in Russia landed at Joint Base Andrews after a complicated...

Dear Friends: On Monday night August 12 at 8 pm, we will be hosting joint services for Tisha B’Av with five other synagogues from central...

Dear Friends: This is the last early morning email you will receive from me for a while as I will be beginning four weeks of vacation...

Dear Friends: You have probably seen or read about yesterday’s unanimous decision by the Supreme Court of Israel which ruled that there...

Dear Friends: Yesterday afternoon we had a lovely ice cream social and an opportunity to view some prints from the “Wrapping Memory”...

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...