Tragedy at Newtown, Connecticut
This week our nation has been profoundly shaken by the tragedy at the Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut. Twenty six people died senselessly among them twenty first graders…
Shabbat Chanukah
Let There Be LightDecember 6, 2012 marks an important date in the history of American and world Jewry. Even so, most of you probably do not know what this date…
Parasha Toldot
Who Started It? Did Israel start it when it assassinated the chief of the military wing of Hamas, Ahmad Jabari? Did Hamas start it when it fired on an Israeli…
Parasha Chayei Sarah
Love Makes the World Go RoundWhat song comes to your mind when you hear the words, "Love Makes the World Go Round?" Perhaps it is this contemplation of the power…
Parasha VaYerah
To See and Do The Torah is a remarkably terse document that uses surprisingly few words. For example, if you want to know what Abraham looked like, the Bible does…
Parasha Lech Lecha
Like Terach or Abraham? This evening I am going to do something quite audacious. This evening I am going to do something very bold, something that I have never done…
Parasha Noah
Servant or Partner? We are smack in the middle of the college football season and talk has begun about who is a candidate for the Heisman Trophy, the award for…
Shabbat Chol HaMoed Sukkot
The Sukkah of Peace The prayer, Hashkivenu, which we say on Friday night, contains the phrase "sukat Shelomecha" three times. It concludes with the blessing, "Ufros alenu Sukat shlomecha" –…
October Newsletter Article
Between Israel and the Nations When I practiced as a psychotherapist I learned a valuable lesson – what people tell you is not nearly as important, at times, as what…
Yom Kippur Day 5773
Olympic Mettle This past summer we were witness to the Olympic Games in London. Although there had been many concerns about terrorism, transportation, and weather, the games came off magnificently. …