Last week, it was difficult to be an American, especially a Jewish American. I’m sure you are all aware of the President’s response to the riots and murder in Charlottesville Continue Reading »
What I learned from Jeff Sessions As we bask in the tropical freshness of our Hawaiian Shabbat, I thought we could use a relaxing idea, one pain-saving technique, that surprisingly Continue Reading »
The Hebrew school at MHJC center really gave Katherine a solid formal education in the structure and understanding of Judaism. More importantly, she has a sense of pride and respect Continue Reading »
Twice this week, as I was teaching people interested in conversion, I mentioned that Judaism, is really a religion of the home and not of the synagogue. The mezuzah at Continue Reading »
What do the Wicked Witch of the West and Moshe, the greatest teacher of the Jewish People, have in common? They share one critical weakness: They don’t mix well with Continue Reading »
In last week’s parsha, mutiny was in the air. “You have gone too far!”, calls out Korach, the leader of the rebellion: ספר במדבר פרק טז ג) וַיִּקָּהֲלוּ עַל משֶׁה Continue Reading »
If you could start a society from scratch, what rules would you institute? What would be the underpinnings of your new Utopian society? Last week I substituted for the Kitah Continue Reading »
Johnny, a fourth grader was having a terrible time with his math. His parents worked with him night after night but there was no progress. His math marks were dismal. Continue Reading »
The description, “You’re a religious fanatic!” was commonly hurled at me by certain family members in my youth. I preferred to believe I was a religious idealist! I strove to Continue Reading »
Obviously, the biggest news of this past week was America’s attack on Syria. Although it’s hard to assess what kind of benefit the missile strikes will have upon the innocents Continue Reading »