Greeting 2021

December 31, 2020

It is perhaps fitting that the Jewish community will finish its annual reading of the book of Genesis just as …

On Patience & Not-Knowing

November 5, 2020

Tonight we wait. Some more patiently than others. We Americans are notorious for our impatience. All you have to do …

April 24, 2020

It’s been a hard week. Even while federal and state governments enforce (or at least encourage) social distancing, the president …

April 2, 2020

A member of my congregation sent me this beautiful passage by Rabbi Yisrael of Chortkov, a Hasidic rebbe who lived …

March 27, 2020

This weekend will be my congregation’s third Shabbat service using Zoom. We have learned how to pray together and be …