Dear Friends: My late father’s birthday was February 2 and mine is February 9. When it came time to schedule my Bar Mitzvah, my father...

Dear Friends: When I was studying for my Certificate In Jewish Educational Technology from JTS a few years ago, my elective was Teaching...

Dear Friends: As you surely know by now, on Saturday morning four people including the rabbi were taken hostage at Congregation Beth...

Dear Friends: On Shabbat morning March 18, 1922, 12 year old Judith Kaplan rose and went to the front of the Society for the Advancement...

Dear Friends: As I’ve mentioned before, I’m currently enrolled in a program which will lead to a Certificate in Jewish Leadership from...

Dear Friends: I said in my brief D’var Torah on Friday night that I really dislike being in the position of deciding whether to call off...

Dear Friends: Monday, January 17 is both Martin Luther King Jr. Day and Tu Bishvat. Tu Bishvat is the 15th day of the Hebrew month of...

Dear Friends: Anyone who was an adult on January 6 last year will remember what they were doing that day. I’ve often heard it said that...

Dear Friends: I will often post the quote “I believe in snow” on my Facebook page when it’s expected to snow but is not yet doing so. I...

Dear Friends: Some quick reminders: * This Saturday morning our Shabbat morning service will be Zoom-only. This had already been...

Dear Friends: In our contemporary political culture, one of the worst things for a politician is to be seen as“flip flopping” on an...

Dear Friends: In case you missed the announcement which went out Monday evening, please note that our Shabbat morning services this week...

Dear Friends: This week we begin to read the second book of the Torah. Known in English (from the Greek) as Exodus, in Hebrew it is known...

Dear Friends: Three years ago today I arrived in Nogales, Arizona to volunteer and learn about the border situation with the Kino Border...

Dear Friends: One of the themes of many of my drashot and written pieces like this one is the fact that as American Jews we live in two...

Dear Friends: Last week there was an interesting article in the Washington Post on a new survey from the Public Religions Research...

Dear Friends: A couple of weeks ago there was an article from the Religion News Service which was reprinted in the Washington Post called...

Dear Friends: Yesterday I finished the “shloshim” for my father, Elliott Arian. Just like the word “shiva” means seven, the word...

Dear Friends: This morning I want to share with you just a couple of quick notes. On Wednesday I sent you a very brief outline of my...

Dear Friends: Tonight begins the Shabbat of Chanukah and so I wanted to update you on a few matters of proper Shabbat observance during...