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Shabbat at Home (Ki Tisa 03/14/20)

Posted on March 13, 2020

Shabbat at Home What a difference a week makes! On Sunday, we all had a great evening together at the Murder Mystery Dinner, on Monday we joyously celebrated Purim with Continue Reading »

Who’s the Real Villain of Purim? (Shabbat Zachor – Tetzaveh – 03/07/20)

Posted on March 10, 2020

Who’s the Real Villain of Purim? Parshat Zachor, an extra aliyah from Deuteronomy that we read right before Purim, exhorts us to mindful of our enemies. Normally, this Parsha is Continue Reading »

Intentional Creation (Mishpatim 02/22/20)

Posted on February 24, 2020

Intentional Creation For the past few weeks at 10 AM on Wednesdays, a number of us have been gathering together to discuss reincarnation and other spiritual concepts from Jewish and Continue Reading »

Contemporary Society and Judaism (Yitro – 02/15/20)

Posted on February 20, 2020

Contemporary Society and Judaism What’s more uniquely Jewish than the Ten Commandment? The Children of Israel escape from Egypt, survive the entrapment at the Red Sea, and encamp as one Continue Reading »

Letting Go (Beshalach – 02/08/20)

Posted on February 11, 2020

Letting Go America is a nation of doers. We work hard and we’re always searching for greater ways of achieving our goals. Yet sometimes we just need to let things Continue Reading »

Rabbi’s Observations from the No Hate, No Fear Solidarity Rally and What We Can Do Next (01/04/20)

Posted on January 10, 2020

Observations from the No Hate, No Fear Solidarity Rally and What We Can Do Next In days of old, Jews from across the globe would have identified with one another Continue Reading »

Shabbat Hanukkah Sermon (Miketz 12/27/19)

Posted on December 31, 2019

A Jew is a Jew This past week has been very disconcerting. I’ve lived my whole life in this country, and I have even experienced virulent antisemitism personally, yet it Continue Reading »

The 2019 Chanukah Message (Vayeshev – 12/21/19)

Posted on December 26, 2019

The 2019 Chanukah Message Every year when Chanukah comes around, I wonder what is its message for us now? This past week was certainly a historical one in the annals Continue Reading »

Grateful for the Progress (Vayetze – 12/07/19)

Posted on December 11, 2019

Grateful for the Progress In a week of numerous national woes, we’d be amiss if we don’t notice some of the things to be proud of as well. In Parshat Continue Reading »

Jacob: Simpleton or Sophisticate? (Toldot -11/30/19)

Posted on December 4, 2019

Jacob:  Simpleton or Sophisticate? You’re an excellent judge of character. Would you say that the young man described below is an innocent simpleton or a cunning sophisticate? When his older brother Continue Reading »

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