February 7, 2020 In this week’s Torah portion, Beshalach (Exodus 13:17-17:16), we have finally emerged from the darkness of Egypt and we are now headed into a different sort of darkness, the…

January 31, 2020 This Shabbat, my family and I will celebrate with my nephew at his Bar Mitzvah ceremony as he reads from this week’s Torah portion, Bo (Exodus 10:1-13:16).…

January 24, 2020 Recently I reread a series of stories online, that was hashtagged #HolyWomenHolyLand. This was written by a group of six rabbis and five pastors (all women) who…

January 17, 2020 Recently, I was sitting at Starbucks, enjoying my coffee.  On the table before me was my special Starbucks coffee mug filled with coffee, and copies of some pages…

January 10, 2020 As we read the last portion in the Book of Genesis on this Shabbat, Vayechi (Genesis 47:28-50:26), after Jacob dies, we learn: When Joseph’s brothers saw that…

January 3, 2020— A colleague once told me that he always liked the name of this week’s Torah portion. It’s the one where Joseph reveals himself to his brothers and they all…

December 27, 2019 Ever wonder why we are called Jews and not Hebrews? We started as Ivrim – Hebrews, from the word “ever“, meaning the other side of the river. But somewhere along…

December 20, 2019– Do you believe in angels? Are you an angel? If you ask the average Jew one will tell you that angels are a something Christians believe in—not Jews.…

December 13, 2019 (This week’s d’var Torah is an interpretation of a sermon by Rabbi Jonathan Sachs of England – I wish you a wonderful Shabbat as I will be…

The beautiful story of Jacob’s dream, in which he sees a ladder reaching from earth all the way to heaven, with God’s angels streaming up and down upon it, is…