About Holiness, God, and Trusting My Dog

May 23, 2025

My thanks to everyone who was so kind about my essay on being a rabbi. Before I start writing about …

A Lesson in Holiness

May 10, 2025

I’ve been thinking about leadership lately. What does it mean to be a leader? Does it apply to all of …

May 10, 2024

The Holiness Code is my favorite part of the Torah, and not just because it was my bat mitzvah Torah …

June 12, 2022

Since my recent guest editorial in the Sarasota Herald-Tribune in support of observing Pride Month, people have wondered if I’m …

April 30, 2020

My daughter Ellie told me that this week marks the 14th anniversary of her bat mitzvah. I can top that; …

May 10, 2019

We humans are so full of ourselves. We give ourselves credit for everything that goes well. Even when we mess …

January 17, 2019

This morning I received an email asking where it says in the Torah to pay workers promptly for their labor. …

November 2, 2018

This is the sermon I gave at our #ShowUpForShabbat service. We have gathered here tonight, so many members of our …