March 10, 2022
Dear Friends, On Saturday night, Motzi Shabbat (after Shabbat), I will be boarding a plane to fly to the Ukrainian/Polish border to assist refugees who are in desperate […]
March 7, 2022
Does good always win over evil? We find ourselves asking that question as we watch the desperate situation evolve in Ukraine. Rabbi David Wilfond, senior rabbi at Temple Shaaray Tefila, Bedford, believes that it does.
March 4, 2022
Dear Friends, I was moved to see more than 450 people come together on Wednesday night for a session about the War in Ukraine and how […]
February 17, 2022
Dear Friends, The daily news about the growing possibility of a Russian invasion of Ukraine has me concerned. I served as a Rabbi for the Reform […]
February 10, 2022
Dear Friends, It saddens me to write to you about antisemitism in our backyard. Last week a swastika was scrawled at the John Jay Middle School […]
February 3, 2022
Dear Friends, This week the President of the Union for Reform Judaism, Rabbi Rick Jacobs, condemned Amnesty International’s report accusing Israel of “apartheid.” Jacobs wrote, “Amnesty’s […]
January 28, 2022
Dear Friends, This Shabbat follows the anniversary of Roe v. Wade, the landmark decision that legalized abortion. In many synagogues this Shabbat is called “Repro Shabbat,” […]
January 20, 2022
Dear Friends, Last Saturday was gut-wrenching for us as Jews. I held my breath as we watched the harrowing events of Rabbi Charlie Cyton-Walker and three […]