Below is my Rosh Hashanah Morning sermon for 5778 Shana Tova to each of you. Let me take this moment to wish you each a heartfelt blessing for the New Year.  “Move Fast and Break things”- this is the advice of Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg.  It’s his philosophy for the New World we are living…Read more »

Below is the text of my Erev Rosh Hashanah sermon for 5778.  I use pictures to accompany my sermon as well.   Happy New Year. Shana Tovah to everyone.  It is wonderful to see you tonight. There is an urgency – clean out the old and bring in the new.  That’s what we do this…Read more »

The Jewish Women’s Archive is an amazing compendium of resources documenting the role and importance of Jewish Women!  The have started a special section on women rabbis.  I am thrilled to be among some of the first women included in the rabbinic section of the archives. It is a great honor.  Here is the link…Read more »

Whose going to join us for Selichot? On Saturday Sept. 16?

Well yesterday’s post about synagogue etiquette and the unwritten rules of the synagogue struck a chord! I have had hundreds of people share things they have observed and have questions about.  So today-the sequel. More unwritten rules for those who are part of a synagogue community whether a member or just a visitor. First no…Read more »

If you belong to synagogue or if you don’t there are so many unwritten rules of the road. I thought I would take a moment to help you navigate being part of a synagogue community. Synagogues or Jewish temples are sometimes referred to by the Yiddish term–Shul which in the German means School.  And every…Read more »

I was asked by the Jewish Journal of Los Angeles on Monday to react and share my thoughts about the Prime Minister of Israel’s action to reneg on the deal to create egalitarian prayer space at the Western Wall, known as the Kotel in Hebrew. The Western Wall is one of the few remaining remnants…Read more »

Here is my sermon: June 23, 2017/1 Tammuz 5777  Shabbat Evening @Congregation Kol Ami, West Hollywood, CA There’s  a debate raging.  It’s been going on in the Jewish Journal for the last few weeks.  Rabbi David Wolpe  of Temple Sinai here in Los Angeles wrote an article about why he doesn’t preach politics from the…Read more »

Father’s Day is Sunday.  Not as popular as Mother’s Day. (More phone calls are made on Mother’s Day than any day of the year!).  But it is a day dedicated to acknowledging and celebrating Dear Old Dad! For some folks like me, I wish I could celebrate the day with my own father. But he…Read more »