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, …

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 …

February 9, 2024

When I was a kid, my friends and I would fantasize about being grownup, when we could do anything we …

May 4, 2023

Part of the human condition is our lack of perfection. This means that doing our best is enough, even when …

May 8, 2022

Kedoshim. The first word of this past week’s Torah portion means holiness. Not individual holiness. It is a plural word, …

November 29, 2010

My friend Chick Silberman wrote: “So why do you need to talk about God – unless congregants ask you? I …