Mikulski will be missed. The scramble to fill the shoes of Senator Barbara Mikulski, a woman who has had a remarkable career of public service and who has left a major mark on our state and nation is on. I hope that whoever succeeds her will continue to embody the principles which have been …
In reflecting upon Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s recent speech before Congress and the issues he raised, I realized one of the reasons we are all feeling so uncomfortable is because no one likes tension. The antics of the relationship between President Obama and Prime Minister Netanyahu feels like when parents fight and quarrel. As …
I am tempted to deliver my sermon today in French to convey solidarity with the victims of the massacre in Paris. People in France and around the world people have lifted up their pens and held high placards that proclaim, “Je suis Charlie”, I am Charlie as an act of identification with the members of …
January 10, 2015 I am tempted to deliver my sermon today in French to convey solidarity with the victims of the massacre in Paris. People in France and around the world people have lifted up their pens and held high placards that proclaim, “Je suis Charlie”, I am Charlie as an act of …
December 6, 2014 Today’s Torah reading, is unfortunately, all too familiar, and perhaps even a bit too close for comfort. Each week when I review the weekly Torah reading I look to see if there is a correlation between the Biblical narrative and what is happening in our world. I search to see …
On Shabbat when I reflect on the previous week, I sometimes wonder and think — How has our world changed, and what do we know that we did not know a week ago? Our world is different this Shabbat because, among other things, our family, the family of the Jewish people lost four tzadikim, four …
Whenever I return from Israel, especially after the kind of trip I just led, which was a solidarity mission, or after a trying period, as was the case in that we traveled shortly after the conclusion of Operation Protective Edge, upon my return I am asked, “What is the mood of the country”? It …
Beginning last night, and continuing throughout today we have been saying our Al Het’s, confessing our sins. The prayer is repeated throughout the services on the holiday so that we will focus on our sins and what we need to work on. In the spirit of Yom Kippur, I have a confession to make. And …
Yom Kippur October 4, 2014 You can learn a great deal about a people, culture or nationality from its language. It is not surprising, for example, that the language spoken by Eskimos has 21 words for snow. From this scientists and linguists have concluded, after many years of extensive studies that it must mean …
Rosh Hashana Day 2 September 26, 2014 The Yiddish language, rich in so many expressions and nuances, makes an interesting distinction between different kinds of sighs. A wordless expression of sadness is called a “krech.” A krech comes from deep inside the kishke. Although it usually is just a sound, it may or may …
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