Inviting  Ushpizin  (guests in Aramaic) into your sukkah is a wonderful tradition. There is a Kabbalistic ritual of inviting Abraham, Isaac,...

Here is my Rosh Hashanah sermon on my personal experiences of God. Sorry it is late. Rosh Hashanah 5774 Back in the summer of 2001, the...

This is my Dvar Torah from this past Shabbat. Va-et’chanan 7/19/13 This morning while driving to work here at Beth Israel I was listening...

Here is this year's Yom Kippur sermon: Let us take a poll: What is more annoying? 1. Being stuck in a line at Ralph’s and the per...

I was saddened by the news of Bonia Shur's death .  His music for the Shabbat morning service is Shabbat to me.  I loved to pray at HU...

It's a beautiful afternoon in Jerusalem, and I'm sitting with my wife in a very peaceful courtyard cafe in the Baka neighborhood of ...

While I wish it was Slash  rockin' out to "Hatikvah", this is pretty cool for someone who was obsessed with Guns n'  Roses...