Reflections on #CCAR11
Last week was intense. I spent most of the week in New Orleans at the annual Central Conference of American Rabbis 122nd annual convention (#ccar11).… Read More »Reflections on #CCAR11
Rabbi Eger
Tazria and Visiting the Sick
Parshat Tazria Leviticus 12:1-13:59 The next two weeks of Torah portions, Tazria and Metzora are often the most confounding in the Torah. And certainly the… Read More »Tazria and Visiting the Sick
Opening Day
It’s here. Opening Day. The glorious baseball season begins again. 162 days of bats, balls, strikes, diamond grit, and 30 teams pitted against each other.… Read More »Opening Day
Post Katrina New Orleans
Being here in New Orléans is amazing. The last time I was here was the early 1980’s. So to be here now in Post Katrina… Read More »Post Katrina New Orleans
Rabbis Gather!
I am here in New Orléans at the Central Conference of American Rabbis 122nd Annual Conference. More than 500 Reform rabbis from around North America,… Read More »Rabbis Gather!
Mourning Liz
Liz Taylor died last week. On Wednesday. She was an amazing actress and an won an Academy Award for both performances in Butterfiled8 and Whose… Read More »Mourning Liz
Squelching weddings
The Ninth Circuit Court could have lived up to its more progressive interpretations of Constitutional Law. But they chickened out. They refused to lift the… Read More »Squelching weddings
Shemini-the Eighth Day
Parshat Shemini Leviticus 9:1 -11:46 Our Torah portion opens this week on the eighth day of dedication of the Tabernacle. Moses dedicated the altar and… Read More »Shemini-the Eighth Day
Jerusalem bomb blast
My heart aches for Jerusalem. A bombing attack on Wednesday. Echoes of the Intifada when bus bombings happened all the time. Let’s pray this is… Read More »Jerusalem bomb blast
HRC Gala Speech
[brightcove vid=845596580001&exp3=18229050001&surl=http://c.brightcove.com/services&pubid=370320192&pk=AQ~~,AAAAABYSo0A~,2_jH1RMPJQxoclPLNDec6rwH6iCYX6nh&w=300&h=225] Here is the video of the presentation of my Community Equality Award from the HRC Los Angeles Gala and my speech on video