From the Rabbi

Earlier this year, when we were dealing with the issue of a path to citizenship for the so-called Dreamers, children brought to this country by [...]

The day before we completed the counting of the 49 days of the Omer, we escorted Arthur Levin — Aaron ben Enoch z”l — on [...]

“The days of our years is seventy years, and when in vigor, eighty years; most of them are but travail and vanity. They pass by speedily, and [...]

When we sit around the Passover table every year, we don’t normally ask ourselves whether this is the shank bone of a sheep or of [...]

In the past year, I’ve been meeting with the Judaism and Art group, comprised of working artists from our congregation, to discuss artistic expression related [...]

It is the time of year that we read about the Ten Plagues and the eventual liberation of the children of Israel from Egypt. Their thrust [...]

By its name, Jerusalem is a city of peace (“they shall regard peace”), and for centuries the object of hope for the Jewish people. The yearning to [...]

Dear members and friends, During the last three weeks, I have been enjoying an incredible trip around the beautiful United States. Visiting the breathtakingly massive [...]

Dear Members and Friends, It was delightful seeing many of you during the High Holiday season. I hope you are beginning the new year with [...]

Last Shabbat, the Orient Congregational Church hosted an interfaith panel discussion in which I participated with Dr. Don Russo and Sheikh Ghassan Manasra. It was [...]

The solar eclipse we witnessed to various degrees this week brought many Americans together and looking up to heaven. In a time when it seems [...]

It was a hot day this week when we all gathered to welcome Dawn Mankow into the Jewish faith. I’m no longer surprised when people want [...]