Rabbi's Blog

Just because something is temporary, doesn't mean it isn't holy.

As long as Zionism has existed, people have debated what it is, what it means, and how central – or not – it is to Judaism and Jewish...

By the time Kol Kehillah comes out, I’ll be in Israel on a trip with rabbis and heads of Jewish agencies from all around Greater...

Since the attacks on October 7th when Hamas killed 1,400 Israelis, took 200 hostages, and injured many more, Israel and Gaza have been in...

For many of us, summer is a time when there is a change of pace in our lives, when children are out of school and perhaps off to camp,...

If there is one thing we could use more of, it’s time. I sometimes joke that I wish there were two (or more!) of me so I could do...

Let’s talk Israel. Before that, a bit of personal background. I first visited Israel in 2001, as a freshman college student on Birthright...