November 7, 2015   This week marks the 20th anniversary of the assassination of Yitzhak Rabin.   The anniversary was the source of much speculation about lu yehi – “what if”, or “if only.”  People wonder what would have happened had Rabin not been shot, especially in terms of relations with the Palestinians.  The conversation …

April 28, 2012   A serious debate is taking place in our country, threatening to tear us apart, with people lining up on both sides of the controversy. As is so often the case with matters of great import such as this, it is difficult for people to see the other side.  Partisans feel passionately …

January 14, 2012   John Mackey, who played tight end for the Baltimore Colts in the glory years when I was growing up in Baltimore used to say that being in the huddle with Johny Unitas was like being in the huddle with God.   There are those who believe that God is in the …

August 22, 2009   I have a confession to make: I am always a little bit nervous whenever this, the first bar mitzvah of the year rolls around.  I am worried that I am rusty and a bit out of practice, since the last bar mitzvah I conducted, and the last sermon I wrote and …

February 9, 2008    If we had just relied on the experts, and if they had been right, this coming Tuesday President Bush would be welcoming the members of the New England Patriots to the White House to celebrate their victory in last Sunday’s Super Bowl. But as so often happens in sports and in …