The past two and a half weeks have left me with much to think about. As many of you know, Cheryl, the kids and I traveled through Israel…
When Rabbi Dov Baer of Lubavitch (1773-1827) was a young father, he and his wife and children lived in the same house as his father, Rabbi Schneur Zalman (1745-1813).…
The holiday of Shavuot begins as the sun sets tomorrow evening. According to our tradition, on Shavuot, centuries ago, Moses climbed Mt. Sinai and received the Torah, the…
Aerial view of Ramat Shalom and the surrounding neighborhood.The intersection of Broward Boulevard and Hiatus Road is located a bit to the left of the center of this…
Sarah, one of our 10th grade students, sharing her thoughts with us last Friday night. Last Friday night, we celebrated many of our students at Ramat Shalom. Our…
A Mother’s Day Tale/Midrash (originally posted Mother’s Day 2015) At the beginning of time, God created the plants and the trees, the Sun and the Moon. God created…
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,…
On our flight home from our Spring Break, I watched Free Solo which just won the Oscar for best documentary feature. The film captures the story of free…
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…