Yom Kippur 5778: Adjusting to the Constancy of Change?
Many of the people with whom I am friends know, in some way, that I am a sports fan. It is a wonderful escape, some measure of therapy and, without trying to sound too glib, [Read more...]
September 2017
Priorities
So here I go again, wondering what the heck is going on. I took time off—just me, my camera and beautiful New England. A long awaited trip by Rail and Sail in the company [Read more...]
Rabbi, Is This Chicken Kosher? and Other Musings on Life and Death as We Prepare for Yom Kippur
I begin with one of my favorite stories: A Reform and an Orthodox Rabbi are walking down the street, deeply engaged in an animated discussion (already you know this is a tale [Read more...]
Rabbi Ben David discusses his new book on ‘Creation,’ on Jewish Sacred Aging Podcast
Rabbi Ben David, senior rabbi of Congregation Adath Emanu-El, Mount Laurel. NJ, returns to the Jewish Sacred Aging Podcast to discuss Seven Days, Many Voices: Insights into [Read more...]
Sandy Taradash: High Holiday Thoughts and Considerations….
To be fully human or not To do or not to do To challenge or accept To have or not to have To seek knowledge or inhabit ignorance To grow emotionally or stay status quo To [Read more...]
Rosh Hoshonnah 5778: That We Can “See” The Choices Before Us!
Shalom. Shannah Tovah. The new year 5778 is dawning and with it come our hopes and dreams, and anxieties for our future. What will this new year bring? Who shall we be a year [Read more...]
Shalom Bayit versus Difficult Conversations
Editor’s Note: This guest post was written by Howard Greenberg and Dr Edmond Weiss of M’kor Shalom in Cherry Hill, NJ, based on a program they presented at the [Read more...]
Ha’azinu: In The End, It is Still Up To Us
Deuteronomy 32 contains a long poem/song that forms the basis of this week’s portion. Moses is concluding his farewell sermon. We are at the next to last portion of [Read more...]
Selichot/Elul-3: A Year of Living Our Values
The other day, there was an ad in the New York times for an investment firm which read “You can transfer wealth across generations. But how do you transfer [Read more...]
Nitzavim-Vayelech: What’s Love Got To Do With……
Our Torah cycle and our year is drawing to a close and this week we meet a double portion. The concluding farewell sermon of Moses draws our attention to so many issues. He [Read more...]
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