Invisible Grief: How Aaron’s Silence Says More Than Words We live in a society that is surrounded by constant noise. Advertisements. Music. Laughter. Yelling. Car honks […]

If You Were a Kitchen Utensil, What Would You Be? Beyond four cups, four children, and four questions, there’s a fourth set of four to consider, […]

Israel Update: A Personal Lens Thank you for your expressions of concern for my family in Israel and for my wife’s safe return. Adam, Eliya, the […]

Humility and Strength Can Show Up in the Smallest of Ways “The most expensive perfume…and the most powerful poison…come in small packages.” This was a quote […]

Preparing for Yom Hashoah: A Call for Personal Stories and Reflections on Family Connections I want to write to you about Yom Hashoah because we are […]

Is Shabbat the first or last day of the week?! Have you ever flipped to the last pages of a book to take a peek at […]

Update from Israel: A Personal Perspective My wife, Rabbi Deborah Zecher, served as the rabbi of Hevreh of Southern Berkshire in Great Barrington, Mass., for many […]

Why We Can Learn From Cherubum: Living “In-Between” A person can find Torah anywhere, even in an antique shop! My parents loved antiquing, and would go […]

“If You Can’t Get It From Washington, Go to Albany!” Join me and RAC-NY on February 25, Advocacy Day in Albany I said that all the […]

Tu B’Shvat: Save Carbon and Time! Take the Train From Jerusalem to Ben Gurion Airport! The workings of Israel’s high speed rail have everything to do […]

With the unanimous recommendation of the Rabbinic Search Committee and the unanimous and enthusiastic support of the Board, Rabbi Ariel Boxman will become our next Senior Rabbi, beginning July 1, 2026.

This week, we celebrate Shabbat Shirah, the “Sabbath of Song,” a deeply meaningful moment in the Jewish calendar. It commemorates one of the most powerful stories […]

People of the Book with a Calendar of the Moon As Jews, it often feels like we live in two worlds: one shaped by the Gregorian […]

What’s in a Name? Upon graduation from grade school, I was gifted Judy Blume’s classic coming-of-age book, Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret. The story […]

Out of the Mouth of Babes: What Children Say About God Research studies suggest that children ask up to 400 questions a day, with a 2018 […]

Happy New Year! It surprises some that I never went to Times Square to welcome the New Year. Even though I’ve lived in or around New […]

My Next Trip to Israel I’ve begun packing for my next trip to Israel in a few weeks, my fifth visit since the war began. With […]

Addressing Antisemitism: The Temple Shaaray Tefila Confirmation Program Education is one of the most important ways to stand up to antisemitism, and the education provided through […]

Dreaming Shapes Our Reality In the pink and green haze that we have been caught in since the Wicked movies have come out, I think it […]

“God Is in This Place, and I Did Not Know It” Night is falling as Jacob is alone in the wilderness in this week’s Torah portion. […]

“Hiding in Plain Sight: Spirituality between People from the Teachings of Martin Buber,” Cafe Shaaray, Sunday, January 11 at 10 AM and repeated at Lunch and […]

Thanksgiving as an Immigrant Jew We all know that gratitude is deeply embedded in Jewish identity. But what you may not know is that the Hebrew […]

Forever: Does It Exist? I am always delighted to be invited into the religious school classes to answer students’ questions. This past Sunday, I was in […]

Kavka and the Doll: Loving Through Change Jewish Czech author Franz Kafka was walking in the park one day when he came upon a little girl, […]