I grew up in the environmentally conscious San Francisco Bay Area where I was trained to do my part in…
Two Minutes of Torah
And In the End… And in the end the love you take Is equal to the love you make Paul…
There is a strange overlap that occurs during the days between Rosh HaShanah and Yom Kippur. While we celebrated the…
The choice is yours. Okay, so it might not always feel that way: we human beings must rush from obligation…
I’m sure you’ve heard the famous story about the young man who demanded that Rabbi Hillel teach him “all of Torah…
“Justice, justice, shall you pursue.” These are, without a doubt, the most memorable lines from this week’s Torah portion, parshat…
Ours is not the only time, place and culture besotted by putative “leaders” whose basis for power and position is…
As a rabbi, I’m saddened when I encounter people who feel rejected by Judaism because of reactionary or punitive Torah verses, exclusionary…
“Nachamu, nachamu ami — find comfort, find comfort my people. Your term of service is over; your iniquity expiated,” the…
Have you ever noticed how a story’s details can morph slightly from telling to telling? It’s a trick of our…