Where Thanksgiving and Judaism Meet

November 27, 2025

Every year someone asks me whether Thanksgiving is a Jewish holiday. There are two completely opposite answers to this question, …

Never Alone

November 28, 2024

There is an old Hasidic story about a trio of friends who decided to see if Shabbat had to be …

November 23, 2023

There are times when I feel as if I’m being bombarded by events completely out of my control. I’m sure …

November 26, 2020

It’s November 26th in a year that has been close to disastrous. On a brighter note, Mars is closer to …

October 28, 2018

What’s next? What do we do after this week is over, after the vigils, after the funerals, the memorial services, …

November 24, 2017

This week I participated in four Thanksgiving observances. While I was honored to speak at two, the one that touched …

November 19, 2017

This is the message that I gave over at the Sarasota Interfaith Thanksgiving Service this week: Every year at this …