On the eve of March 16, Jews around the world begin the celebration of Purim....

All the Festivals will be annulled in future time except for Purim” Midrash Mishlei 9:2

This week’s Torah reading are the first chapters of the Book of Leviticus…

In this final reading in the Book of Exodus, there are two important biblical concepts that are as important today as they were over 3000...

“Do not regard anyone with contempt, and do not reject anything, for there is no man who does not have his hour and nothing which does...

To truly lead, one must serve. This concept is an accepted foundation of all good leaders, be they political, business, or religious.

Idolatry. Sexual immorality. Murder. The description of the events of the Golden Calf in this week’s portion sound like the outline for...

The Urim and Thummim are something that is rarely discussed in the Reform Jewish world, although they have great importance both...

The first two lines of this Torah reading teach a valuable lesson we all need to remember in personal relationships: how to give a gift.

In the “Ahavat Olam” prayer chanted before the recitation of the Shema, we thank God for “laws and statutes” (chukim u’mishpatim).

Robert Kennedy Jr. has recently been taken to task in the media and by many Jewish organizations for supposedly comparing the Holocaust ...

“I am my Beloved’s, and my Beloved is mine” ---Song of Songs 6:3 For months and sometimes even years we prepare for our wedding day.

When I was ordained as a Rabbi, a speaker told our graduating class that we were now all “officers in God’s army.”

This week’s Torah portion contains one of the most powerful, and ethically challenging teachings in the Torah as the Hebrews cross...

The story in this week’s portion is as recognizable as any in the entire Torah. Discussed at the Passover seder, it begins with Moses.....

I constantly remind people of the power of the teaching of both the RaMBaM and the Lubavitcher Rebbe, who said that we could look through...

“But the midwives feared G-d, and did not as the King of Egypt commanded them, but saved the male children alive” ---Ex. 1:17

Merry Christmas! While I do not accept Jesus as my personal savior and pathway to God, as an observant Jew, I have absolute faith that....

When Jacob blesses his grandchildren Ephraim and Manasseh, he does not ask that God bless the boys, but rather that the “angel who redeemed”

“If you tell a lie big enough and keep repeating it, people will eventually come to believe it” is a quote often misattributed to Nazi....