Click for my latest podcast On Chanukah, one of the things that we celebrate is that a small amount of oil that should have just lasted one day…
We are about to experience Thanksgivukkah! Get your Chanukah menorahs and turkeys ready!!! It is time to celebrate. I hope you will join us Wednesday evening at 7:00…
In this podcast, I explore the key values of Shabbat and looks at ways in which these values can be embraced in new, non-traditional ways by those who…
75 years ago (November 9-10, 1938), the Jews of Nazi Germany experienced the terror of Kristallnacht – the Night of Shattered Glass. In this podcast, I take a…
As I am sure you have heard, this has been a trying time for Israel as the United States, France, China, Russia, Germany and Britain attempted to negotiate with…
LISTEN TO THE PODCAST HERE As get close to celebrating my 500th bar/bat mitzvah at Ramat Shalom Synagogue in Fort Lauderdale, FL, I was fortunate enough to…
People are always surprised to learn that my kids go “trick-or-treating”. Cheryl and I have no problem with our kids celebrating Halloween. We both grew up with Halloween…
In this week’s Torah portion, we read about the deaths of Abraham and Sarah. “Abraham was old, well advanced in years, and God had blessed Abraham with everything. …
Some more insight from my gathering of Clal’s Rabbis Without Borders! You can listen here. Rabbi Andrew Jacobs shares some of the insight he gained at his first…
I returned from my first session of Clal’s Rabbis Without Borders late Tuesday night. As I reflect upon the myriad of information and ideas that were shared with…
At my first gathering of Rabbis Without Borders today, Rabbi Brad Hirschfield, the Co-President of the National Jewish Center for Learning and Leadership, suggested that more and more,…