From the Rabbi

My class recently visited “The Sassoons,” an exhibit at the Jewish Museum in Manhattan. Through family photographs, documents, artwork, and textiles, we observed the history and legacy of [...]

Passover is just a week away — the spring holiday of new beginnings. For Jews, a new beginning always dovetails a previous episode. We are conflicted [...]

It was an exceptionally stormy Monday when we arrived at Ben Gurion Airport on Feb. 6. On our way from the airport to the hotel [...]

It had been raining all day last Thursday, but nothing could wash away my excitement. It was my first day back on campus after nearly [...]

Our rabbis teach us that when we go up to heaven, we are asked a few critical questions. The first one is the most important, and [...]

This month, we lost an amazing man — Rabbi Elliott Spar. Elliott was a colleague, a friend, and a mentor. One of his children, Ari [...]

 Last Friday, I returned from Israel with a small group of our congregants. During the trip, we took our time strolling throughout the land. It [...]

Have you noticed that everything is moving faster these days…? A year feels like a month, a month like a week, and a week is [...]

With the death and funeral of Queen Elizabeth II this week, hosts of people gathered around her coffin, waiting in never-ending queues just to get [...]

When our shul’s next-door neighbors built a pool in their backyard, I toyed with the idea in my mind, that if our synagogue wanted to [...]

It was Thursday, June 30, a beautiful summer evening, an opportunity to launch the kayak at the beach located at the end of Fourth Street. [...]

Exactly ten years ago, on July 1, 2012, I began my tenure at CTI. A few days later, on July 4, I moved into the Rabbi’s [...]