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 […]

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, […]