Rabbi's Message

Please take the time to read this entire article although it’s a bit too long. I saw Schindler’s List for the first time at the Main Theatre in Royal Oak, MI with my mom and dad when I was 16 years old. I remember the horror, fear, grief and sadness. I

What are our secret identities? How are we hidden? What are the parts of our personas we don’t let others see? Since the dawn of modernity, Jews have been confronted with a debate over who they are since they had the ability to “pass” and be part of the majority

I’m on a plane flying back to Atlanta from NYC. I was blessed to spend the past four days learning with colleagues at the Hadar Rabbinic Intensive Yeshivah. The learning was deep and incredible. I look forward to telling you about the classes I took and the learning I did,

Tonight is the beginning of the month of אדר/Adar. It is written in the תלמוד/Talmud: משנכנס אדר מרבין בשמחה/When the month of Adar begins we increase our joy. (תענית כ”ט.א/Ta’anit 29a) This comment comes as a comparison to a similar statement about another month: משנכנס אב ממעטין בשמחה/When the month

The world is founded on certain principles. Some of them are scientific laws of nature and others are fundamental values all of humanity needs to live by. We expect that, in the end, the good will prevail and the evil will fall. We expect when people do good, the world