The High Holidays are arriving a bit early this year. At least so rabbis keep hearing. But did you notice that the Holidays never seem to ...

Once the fall holidays come to a close, I find myself pondering: What is it that makes Beth Shalom a congregation?  Sure, we all c...

In our cycle of Torah readings this time of year, we read how for forty years our ancestors trekked through the wilderness, far from citie...

You shall love the stranger, for you were strangers in the land of Egypt... In synagogues around the world we are now reading from the ...

I had an interesting encounter at the barber shop last week. Just as I walked in, I was greeted with a “hi rabbi” by one of the stylists wh...

In the aftermath of the now famous Pew Report, our community leaders are in a tizzy trying to figure out how to re-energize the Ame...

At the conclusion of our Yom Kippur services we will gather together, blow the shofar, and enthusiastically sing aloud: “ L’Shanah Ha...