Friday, March 27, 2015

Parashat Tzav: The Anniversary of My Bar Mitzvah

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It was a dark and stormy night. No really, it was! On Friday, March 24 th , actually 26 years ago, the rain came down in sheets, and the th...
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Friday, March 13, 2015

All Together Now: Parashat Vayakheil

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Reflections on the Torah Portion for this week's sermon:  I have to tell you it was truly awesome—in the most authentic sense of th...
Tuesday, March 3, 2015

Yes, And: A Framework For Thinking About Israel Engagement

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If you know anything about improv, you know the first rule is ‘yes- and’ . Improv is all about collaboration, and telling a story together....
Wednesday, February 25, 2015

What was supposed to be this week's sermon

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So I ended up talking about Israel and freedom of expression, but this was supposed to be this week's sermon. Enjoy! There’s been a l...
Wednesday, February 11, 2015

Sometimes business is good, too.

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So it's been a while since I blogged, and not because I haven't been chewing on stuff. There's actually a blog on b'nai mitz...
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Friday, December 19, 2014

Chanukah 2014: Yotzeir Or

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Rabbi Eliezer said: In the light that God created on the first day, a person could see from one end of the world to the other. When God for...
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Friday, December 12, 2014

She is more right(eous) than I!

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One of my favorite Chasidic stories is about the Kotzker Rebbe, one of my Jewish heroes. He asked his students where is God? They looked ...