January 21, 2026
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 […]
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January 15, 2026
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 […]
January 8, 2026
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 […]
January 1, 2026
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 […]
December 24, 2025
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 […]
December 18, 2025
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 […]
December 11, 2025
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 […]
December 4, 2025
“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. […]
November 26, 2025
“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 […]
November 20, 2025
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 […]
November 13, 2025
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 […]
November 6, 2025
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, […]
October 30, 2025
Westchester Jewish Council: A Vital Temple and Community Resource From the perspective of a rabbi serving in a variety of congregations across the region, I can tell […]
October 16, 2025
More Than Two Dozen TST Members Considering Israel Trip! More than two dozen TST members have already expressed interest in our Journey of Hope and Resilience, […]
September 25, 2025
“You Don’t Have To Be Perfect” That’s what I tell our B’nai Mitzvah students. “You don’t have to be perfect. It’s OK if you make mistakes. […]
August 28, 2025
We are thrilled to announce that Temple Shaaray Tefila has been awarded a generous UJA Federation New York “Capitalizing the Surge” grant to provide a generous subsidy to […]
August 27, 2025
Preparing for the High Holidays: Slichot, September 13th, and Café Shaaray, September 14th. Beyond planning to spend time with family and keeping traditions around home celebration, “Preparing […]
August 7, 2025
“Walking Away from $12 Million With No Regret” Maybe you saw that article in this week’s New York Times, about baseball player Gil Meche, pitcher for the […]