Learning To Lead

June 21, 2019

This week’s Torah portion, Beha’alotcha, has a lot to teach us about what it takes to be a communal leader. …

I Believe

February 21, 2019

Can you prove that God exists? Or that God doesn’t exist? Soren Kierkegaard, who argued that life is only worth …

September 27, 2018

We’re all going to die. I’m not being gloomy, just truthful. The problem is that we don’t like to think …

September 14, 2018

This weekend is Shabbat Shuvah, the Shabbat of return, which falls between Rosh Hashannah and Yom Kippur. Our Torah reading …

July 19, 2018

The book of Deuteronomy begins with the phrase ayleh d’varim, “these are the words that Moses spoke to all of …

June 28, 2018

This week’s Torah portion tells of a king’s desire to curse the Children of Israel as they wandered in the …

June 21, 2018

“Black holes ain’t as black as they are painted,” Stephen Hawking once said. “Things can get out of a black …

March 2, 2018

I was at a meeting of the local Ministerial Association this week, and the 50+ clergy were talking about the …

January 12, 2018

We take for granted that Moses was the leader of the Children of Israel, the brave man who stood up …