Not-So-Good Friday
I began writing today about Good Friday and the concept of baseless hatred. But I don’t want to revisit the …
Tag Archives: Passover
Passover 2025
It is almost Passover. A holiday that commemorates freedom and self determination.  Although this is the third Passover since …
The Assumptions We Make (about each other)
Earlier this year, I wrote about an existential feeling of loneliness as a Jew in America. I ruffled a lot …
Second Chances
You may not have noticed, but this past Wednesday was Pesach sheni – literally, second Passover. It’s designed for people who can’t …
Passover Haikus
Every week for the past ten years, I’ve written a Jewish message. At first it was just to my congregants, …
The Narrow Places
We all have our narrow spaces to escape, and our own Pharaohs holding us back. Sometimes the tyrant is our …
Invisibility
“Are you OK?” Sometimes, it feels as if we all are walking around wrapped in a blanket of anonymity, almost …
Hate is Not Welcome Here
The following is an op-ed piece that I co-wrote with my colleague. It first appeared in the Sarasota Herald-Tribune on …
20 Things to Do With Matzah – Great Video!
Got some leftover matzah? Of course you do! Here are 20 things to do with matzah after Passover, courtesy of …
Live Long and Eat Matzah
This photo was sent by my daughter who’s living in London for the semester (and having a hard time finding …
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