We have just entered the Jewish month of Elul, the last month of the Jewish year. As we prepare to welcome the new Jewish year 5784, our tradition…
Hanay, CC BY-SA 3.0 , via Wikimedia Commons Tomorrow night, as we mark Tisha B’Av, the day we mourn the destruction of ancient Israel and the exile of…
There was a Torah scholar in the town Medzibuz (presently in the Ukraine) who was not respected by the townspeople. Frustrated by this lack of respect, the scholar…
In our Torah portion this morning, specifically in B’Midbar 35, we read how the community must protect an individual who accidentally kills another from what the Torah refers…
Me, Cheryl, and Abby on the cover of Shalom Today soon after arriving in South Florida 21 years ago, on July 15th, 2002, I began my journey as…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d7Tw8HQ3cPk The Bat Kol, a heavenly voice that appears in rabbinic literature, serves many purposes. In response to the devastating implosion of OceanGate’s Titan submersible, I take a…
Jewish tradition teaches us that we dads are required to do a few important things when it comes to raising our children. We’re supposed to teach them: Torah,…
For the past several days, terrorists have been firing rockets into Israel. At least one person was killed, and several have been injured and traumatized. Today, rockets were…
We’re in an interesting time period on the Jewish calendar, a period known as Sefirat Ha’Omer – the counting of the Omer. The Omer, or sheaf, was an…
I am so grateful that Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz invited me to join her and other leaders to stand with her in opposition to dangerous laws being forced…
“You will not oppress the stranger, for you know the heart of a stranger, seeing you were strangers in the land of Egypt.” (Exodus 23:9) On Wednesday night, we…