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…
Just like last Friday, the unrest surrounding the possible nomination of Judge Kavanaugh is keeping us riveted to the national news. The pundits are offering their predictions on…
The Ramat Shalom community mourns the death of 13-year-old Hallel Yaffa Ariel who was killed by a terrorist while she was sleeping in her home in Israel yesterday…
As many of us were coming to terms with the fact that we did not win the $1.5 billion Powerball jackpot, The Jerusalem Post shared a beautiful story yesterday…
Activating The Immortality Of Those In That Still Room Called Remember Yom Kippur 5776/2015 Sermon My grandparents – Louis and Florence Landesman. Their memories are a blessing While…
The words of Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy: The nature of injustice is that we may not always see it in our own times. The generations…
Barbra Streisand on the Jack Paar Show – April 5, 1961 Today, my grandfather, Louis Landesman z”l, would have turned 102. As many of you know, if it weren’t…
The Torah teaches us that if someone we care about does something that we are not happy with, we are obligated to rebuke him or her, openly and…
When I began as the rabbi of Ramat Shalom in the summer of 2002, I was summoned by Larry Kalevitch z”l (of blessed memory). Larry was an extremely…
As you know, in anticipation of my “bar mitzvah” year at Ramat Shalom, I have been reflecting on the many people and moments that have defined the past…
In 2002, 13 years ago, I left my first congregational position at Bet Am Shalom Synagogue in White Plains, NY to come to Ramat Shalom. The last event…