January 28, 2026 -
January 28, 2026 -
Dear Friends, We are all horrified by the monstrous and nefarious attacks perpetrated by Hamas upon our fellow Israelis. Every Israeli knows someone maimed, killed, or taken hostage in theRead More »
Jews: Prophets, Outcasts and Critics Memories Light the corners of my mind Misty watercolor memories Of the way we were Scattered pictures Of the smiles we left behind Smiles weRead More »
Yom Kippur: A Day to Forgive Ourselves If you play golf, you’ll get this story: A man goes to the confessional and tells the priest, “Forgive me, Father, for IRead More »
Sound is Touch at a Distance If you listen to RadioLab, you heard this quote from Professor Anne Fernald on an amazing episode that was made in 2007 but re-airedRead More »
New Beginnings You may not know this, but I’m part of an online community where the members are trying to develop a stronger connection with their intuition. It’s helping meRead More »
The Age of Empowerment If Charles Dickens was alive, he might say: It’s the best of times, it’s the worst of times. Nah, no one would say it’s the bestRead More »
Expanding our Blessings “And God will open the great storehouse, the heavens, to provide rain for your land in season and to bless all your undertakings…you will be at theRead More »
The Passing of my beloved rebbe, Rabbi Aharon Moshe Schecter zt’l My Rebbe passed this past Thursday, 8/24/2023. From the online religious newspaper, HaModiah: In the half-century that Rav AharonRead More »
The Problem with PACS All societies hope their judges and law enforcement agencies are fair, don’t show favoritism, and are corruption free. The Torah’s ideal for a Jewish state isRead More »
Oppenheimer and Isaiah Spoiler Alert. “Oppenheimer” wasn’t what I expected. I thought it would be about the race with Nazis to develop the atomic bomb and the challenges of the ManhattanRead More »
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