We are in the midst of the Jewish month of Elul, the month that ends the Jewish year. As we prepare for the new Jewish year, which begins…
This is not “River Dave’s” home David Lidstone, more commonly known as “River Dave,” says he can’t go back to being a hermit. He had lived off the…
Rabbi Chaim Kanievsky, a powerful ultra-Orthodox Israeli rabbi with hundreds of thousands of followers, a man often referred to as the Prince of Torah, endorsed the COVID booster shot…
Following Derek Chauvin being convicted of the murder of George Floyd earlier this week, my colleague, Rabbi Michael Bernstein, reminded me of this relevant teaching in the Talmud:…
The pandemic has exhausted me. At the same time, the plagues within our own country continue to punch me in the gut. Another mass shooting this morning.Another report of…
“O say does that star-spangled banner yet waveO’er the land of the free and the home of the brave?”(National Anthem) “When day comes we step out of the…
There are many things that I love about being Ramat Shalom’s rabbi, one being the diversity of opinions that make up our congregation. This diversity applies to many…
Image by David Mark from Pixabay Inscribed in one of the hallways of the United States Capitol building are the words of Senator Rufus Choate (1799-1859): “We have…
With everything that 2020 has thrown at us, do we really need a Friday the 13th right now!? Judaism’s answer, ABSOLUTELY! Those who are afraid of Friday the 13th suffer…
What a tumultuous week it has been. Perhaps the votes will be counted by the time Shabbat begins. As I write these words today, I’m taking part in…
As the polls have now closed, the votes are being counted and the voices of the people are being heard, please God, help us to lie down in…