Day Two: “The Old shall be Renewed, and the New shall be made Holy” David Steindl-Rast, a Benedictine Monk, writes “Religion is like an erupting volcano: the lava flowing downRead More »
Day One: 21st Century Judaism and the Synagogue that’s Willing to Change It’s because of the Schwartz brothers that I have to make this appeal to you this year. YouRead More »
Bypassing God? The Torah makes strong assertions about life in Israel: one of them is that the water supply is controlled exclusively by God (Deuteronomy 11: 11-13) “The land whichRead More »
Look At Your Life Through Heaven’s Eyes We move often; the average American moves once every seven years. Sometimes it’s due to an educational or occupational opportunity, sometimes we’re downsizingRead More »
What’s The Best Way To Inspire Our Children? Do we try to influence them by sharing with them our loves and passions, or do we let them seek and discoverRead More »
We Need To Give Credit Where Credit Is Due This past week there was much to fret about in the news: Tariffs possibly wreaking havoc and the painful separation of immigrantRead More »
If You Will It, It Is No Dream Life’s challenges can be daunting. From changing our diet to healing broken families to making our schools safe, “Mission Impossibles” seem toRead More »
Moses Had A Bad Day We all have our bad days. Sometimes we’re just not up to par. In our Parsha, Moses, our great leader, has one of those days.Read More »
The Greatest Thing You’ll Ever Learn This Sunday was Mothers’ Day as well as Yom Yerushalayim, the day we regained sovereignty over all of Jerusalem through victory in the SixRead More »
Sinners or Saints? The Death of Rabbi Akiva’s Students One would think that if a mourning period was declared, it would be over some thing or person worth mourning. Yet, weRead More »