Rabbi Blogs

As our daughter begins high school activities, we’ve started commuting. Until this point, school and shul have been directly across the street. An entirely new world of traffic, delays, angry drivers, and negotiating with the GPS has arrived. When I…

While the Jewish people make up 0.2% of the global population, within that percentage is a diverse, multiheritage, varied group. The jokes about Jewish disagreements abound: Two Jews, three opinions. Another famous one: There is one Jew on an island…

As we come to the concluding narrative of the Torah, through trials and tribulations, and with joy and gladness, we are told that our people are an am segula, a special and treasured nation. Each time we recite the blessing…