From the Rabbi

Nine years ago, we started a journey together. When I consider that time, a few important thoughts come to mind. Relationships are a motivating force [...]

A couple of weeks ago, a man handed my friend Father Roy a fire hose nozzle. “Please return it to its rightful owners for me,” [...]

The two days of Rosh Hashanah and the single day of Yom Kippur are three days in our lives filled with awe. More than any [...]

The period of seven weeks, from Tisha B’Av to Rosh Hashanah, is the time allotted to us to rebuild and start anew. This year is [...]

On May 31, the media announced the passing of Rabbi Dr. Norman Lamm. Rabbi Lamm was the iconic president of Yeshiva University, beginning in 1976, [...]

All of us are guilty of romanticizing our past to various degrees. On the surface, it may seem silly to do so. Why should we [...]

“Yesterday at 5 in the afternoon, we went with Mom to the grocery store, and on the way we saw that our kindergarten was closed. [...]

In his book, Who Moved my Cheese, Spencer Johnson, MD, describes four different ways to deal with an unexpected change in life. He introduces four [...]

Shalom members and friends, It’s the beginning of spring. In the midst of everything shutting down, the daffodils have just risen from their death to [...]

As I was preparing for my annual journey to the Holy Land, it was apparent that Stanley was starting his journey to heaven. It was [...]

On a recent Shabbat, we began again to read the Book of Exodus, the story  of a minority — a small sector of society — [...]

Recently, I was privileged to be invited to the 11th annual Congressional bipartisan Hanukkah celebration at the Library of Congress. I met our Congressman, Lee [...]