Judaism’s timeless lesson: light always comes from darkness The thing I admire most about the Jewish people is our unbreakable spirit. Next Wednesday evening, July 22, […]

Aleinu is one of the most fascinating and, at times, controversial prayers in our liturgy. It appears toward the end of our service, following the Torah […]

Hakarat Hatov: see the good in your life and spread it!  By Cantor Inés Szterenberg What a joy it is to be back with all of […]

The Importance of Curiosity as a Jewish Spiritual Value “When one door closes, another opens,” they say, and those words ring true as we come to […]

Reality-Based Hope To be sure, these are unprecedented and challenging times for the Jewish people, here, in Israel, and around the world. Yet, if you were […]

Wishing You Good Health! “The joints are the hinges to the spirit,” said one doctor long ago, an insight that remains with me many years later. Through […]

“It must be hard to leave a congregation.” I hear that just about every year. It is hard to leave the people and community that have […]

A Wonderful Future for Temple Shaaray Tefila During the interviews that led to me coming to Temple Shaaray Tefila, the Rabbinic Search Committee asked for a […]

Join Us for Shavuot Yizkor, Today, Friday, May 22nd, 10 AM There was a lot of coming and going around the Yizkor memorial service when I […]

Why Join Us for Confirmation, Shabbat Services, Tonight, 7 PM? Bar and Bat Mitzvah come to mind when we think of the ceremony marking the entry […]

A Fifteen-Year Dream Has Come True I have always been the type of person who knows what she wants. For fifteen years, I was sure I […]

Thank You First, I want to thank you for your kindness and understanding while my mother was ill, and in the days following her death. Temple […]

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 […]

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.