Read Our Rabbis' Weekly Messages

Dear Friends, I would like to share some personal happy news. This past week, I was awarded an honorary doctorate by the Hebrew Union College for […]

Dear Friends, Come with your family and friends for FUN this Sunday to celebrate our Temple Sustainability & Beautification Day. Learn about Solar Power, Composting, and Electric Cars. ABC […]

Dear Friends, It was during Passover 80 years ago that the Jews of Warsaw found the courage to rise up against an oppressor. Today, President Zelensky […]

Dear Friends, The week I got an unexpected phone call from one of my former congregants in Ukraine. Though I had not seen him in 25 years, […]

Dear Friends, This morning I hid the newspaper from my children, again. I feel uncomfortable with my children eating breakfast cereal and looking at the front-page picture […]

Dear Friends, This past week I joined 400 Reform Rabbis for a conference in San Diego. This was the first in-person conference of the CCAR in three […]

Dear Friends, This week we mourn the loss of America’s first female Secretary of State, Madeleine Albright. Albright broke the glass ceiling for women in national leadership. Like […]

Dear Friends, This week I traveled with eighteen New York rabbis to the Ukrainian border to bring medical supplies and hope to Refugees in Poland. At a […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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,” […]

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 […]

Dear Friends, Martin Luther King wrote “We may have all come here on different boats, but we are all in the same ship now.” Tonight is […]

Dear Friends, We live in difficult times.   Yesterday marked one year since the storming of our nation’s capital on January 6th. The events of that day […]

Dear Friends, This week we arrive at the end. Our Torah portion is the end of the Book of Genesis (Sefer Breshit), and the end of Jacob’s […]

The Hope of Hanukah Dear Friends, The message of Hanukah is hope. Even a little candle can light up the darkness. This past week in Katonah we […]

Dear Friends On this Thanksgiving, I am thankful that we just celebrated a beautiful installation. I want to offer thanks to the Board of Trustees and […]

Dear Friends, In two weeks, our congregation will celebrate its first Rabbinic Installation in decades.A Rabbinic Installation is a sacred event in the life of a […]

Dear Friends, In two weeks, our congregation will celebrate its first Rabbinic Installation in decades.A Rabbinic Installation is a sacred event in the life of a […]

Fight Hatred By Doing Deeds of Loving-Kindness With Your Temple Dear Friends, I remember exactly where I was on the day of the deadliest antisemitic attack […]

Colin Powell’s Yiddish Soul Dear Friends, This week America lost one of its most inspiring leaders, Colin Powell.  I first became aware of Powell in the […]

L’Chaim with Etrog Liquor Dear Friends, This week, William Shatner of Star Trek fame returned to earth after his first real-life journey into space. Shortly after touchdown, he […]