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…
I had hoped this week’s message could simply be a reminder to local South Florida friends join us at Ramat Shalom this Wednesday evening, March 20th, at 6:30,…
As some of you know, Cheryl spent part of this week in Philadelphia, beginning her fellowship with Interfaith Family, an organization dedicated to helping interfaith families explore Judaism. While…
As you might have heard yesterday, the Prime Minister of Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu, will be charged with bribery, fraud and breach of trust. While this is extremely disturbing,…
Tonight, at Kabbalat Shabbat Services, many of you will be renewing your vows. Sure, I admit it, this is good schtick to get you to come to services.…
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…