Cantor Debbie and I celebrated Shabbat and an early Chanukah with our Early Childhood Center students this morning! We need Chanukah desperately this year. It will bring light…
UPDATE TO THIS POST: I just learned that individual who threatened us online has been convicted! Guilty as charged…more information to follow! We all know that anti-Semitism is…
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…
Hen Mazzig taken from https://www.facebook.com/henmazzig Please mark your calendars and join me as we welcome Hen Mazzig on November 7th at 7:30pm at http://www.ramatshalom.org. If you care about Israel,…
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.…
Understandably, the hate that was on full display in the streets of Charlottesville deeply affected us. We want to know what we can do to make a difference,…
The late Elie Wiesel once wrote that when people are persecuted because of who they are, “we must interfere.” At that moment, Wiesel explains, when the lives of…
Yesterday, it was announced that an 18-year-old Jewish, Israeli-American was in custody in Israel, accused of placing the majority of bomb threats recently directed at Jewish institutions. Jonathan…
This morning I joined with other rabbis, Jewish professionals, law enforcement – including members of the FBI, FEMA, BSO and police chiefs from Broward and Miami Dade -…
This week, the Jewish community continued to be rocked to its core by anti-Semitic acts, including more bomb threats called into Jewish institutions across the country and the…
As a graduate of Vassar College, I have been involved in the discussion surrounding the well-publicized situation on campus. I have heard from students and faculty who have…