From the Rabbi

As a traveler, I have crisscrossed America many times — back and forth, up and down. I’ve climbed mountains and descended into valleys and canyons. [...]

On the third day of my trip to Alaska, I was on my way to the Arctic Circle with a Jewish Alaskan, one of the [...]

On July 2, I was asked to deliver an invocation at the Village of Orient’s observance of Heritage Day. In planning my remarks to the [...]

As her three-year term as the president of our beloved CTI closes, I want to thank Judy Weiner, and express my deepest gratitude and heartfelt [...]

Over the past few decades, a new initiative toward peace has emerged — Jewish-Christian interfaith pilgrimages to the Holy Land. These inclusive visits to sites [...]

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 [...]