What’s Holiness All About Anyway?   One could argue Winnie the Pooh was a philosopher. Yes, that Winnie the Pooh – the one one that always […]

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 […]