From Sorrow to New Beginnings: A Reverse Omer Counter

July 22, 2026

Beginning this evening, many in the Jewish world will observe Tisha B’Av. It’s the date that, in different years, the …

Curses, Blessings, and 9/11

September 12, 2025

Curses and blessings. The Torah offers them in the same breath — and so does life. Just when everything seems …

September 13, 2024

A man once asked two famous rabbis to teach him the entire Torah while standing on one foot. The first …

October 7, 2023

This weekend Jews around the world began to pray for rain. Not because we want it to rain where we …

September 11, 2021

This weekend is Shabbat Shuvah, the Sabbath of Return. Always between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur, it is a day …

September 10, 2021

It was September 11th and President Bush would be here in Sarasota that day. I was in bed, staring at …