From the Rabbi

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 [...]

A few days ago, I went to see the Yiddish version of “Fiddler on the Roof,” now playing off-Broadway at Stage 42. Last year, I [...]

“If you don’t stand for something, you’ll fall for anything,” said Alexander Hamilton. Every year that we stand before God to give an accounting for [...]

Reflecting on my seven years at Tifereth Israel, it has been a dance. The shul family has been with each other in sorrow and in [...]

We tend to attribute the fatherhood of modern capitalism to Adam Smith, who wrote The Wealth of Nations originally as a mere guidebook. In essence, [...]

In a few days, it will be seven years since I began serving as the rabbi of Congregation Tifereth Israel. When I decided to make [...]

Last Wednesday evening at Christie's in New York, a 1986 sculpture by Jeff Koons, “The Rabbit,” sold for $91 million. A playful, stainless steel, faceless rabbit, just over three feet tall, which [...]

There are times in life when an event so compelling takes place that we are obligated to document it and keep it for future generations. [...]

The mask covers what we can’t simply show in our ordinary lives, something that comes from a world beyond ourselves. Our public persona is taking [...]