Read Our Rabbis' Weekly Messages
May 12, 2022
May 12, 2022
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 […]
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April 28, 2022
April 28, 2022
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 […]
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April 21, 2022
April 21, 2022
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 […]
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April 14, 2022
April 14, 2022
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, […]
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April 7, 2022
April 7, 2022
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 […]
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March 31, 2022
March 31, 2022
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 […]
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March 24, 2022
March 24, 2022
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 […]
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March 17, 2022
March 17, 2022
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 […]
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March 10, 2022
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 […]
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March 4, 2022
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 […]
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February 17, 2022
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 […]
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February 10, 2022
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 […]
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February 3, 2022
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 […]
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January 28, 2022
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,” […]
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January 20, 2022
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 […]
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January 14, 2022
January 14, 2022
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 […]
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January 6, 2022
January 6, 2022
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 […]
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December 16, 2021
December 16, 2021
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 […]
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December 2, 2021
December 2, 2021
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 […]
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November 24, 2021
November 24, 2021
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 […]
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November 11, 2021
November 11, 2021
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 […]
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November 3, 2021
November 3, 2021
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 […]
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October 28, 2021
October 28, 2021
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 […]
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October 21, 2021
October 21, 2021
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 […]
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October 14, 2021
October 14, 2021
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 […]
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