This week, Israel targeted and eliminated the Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) commander in Gaza, Baha Abu al-Ata. PIJ is a terrorist organization supported and directed by Iran. Al-Ata…
Eighty-one years ago this weekend, the Jewish community in Germany and surrounding areas were brutally attacked by the Nazis. Thousands of Jewish homes, businesses, schools and other institutions…
Attribution: Taysheyi [CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0)] As we prepare for Shemini Atzeret/Simchat Torah and a wonderful celebration here at Ramat Shalom on Sunday evening, it is imperative for…
My 2019/5780 Yom Kippur Sermon This past summer, Cheryl, the kids and I traveled from Israel to Poland where we visited Auschwitz-Birkenau, our first time visiting concentration camps.…
You know the horrific facts: 22 people were murdered and 25 injured by a gunman in El Paso, Texas on Saturday.9 people were murdered and 27 injured by…
As you know, on Sunday, President Trump tweeted that “’Progressive’ Democratic Congresswomen” who refer to themselves as the Squad – Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Ilhan Omar, Rashida Tlaib, and Ayanna Pressley -…
Hundreds of missiles fired into Israel, killing four. A school shooting in Colorado taking the life of a child. Another week filled with violence that undermines the sanctity…
Thursday is Yom HaShoah – Holocaust Memorial Day. We will proclaim: “Never Again!” Never again will we allow ourselves, our people to become the target of hatred. Never again…
This week, it was reported that the number of people infected with measles in 2019 has exceeded the highest number of cases in a single year since 2000,…
While for some, the college admission scandal that made headlines early last week feels like old news, it’s still something that I’ve been thinking a lot about. I’d…
As I shared last week, several of us traveled to Havana to visit the Jewish community there. We traveled to Cuba via cruise ship. We left Fort Lauderdale…