Sukkah Guests
Tonight we begin the Festival of Sukkot, our Fall Harvest Extravaganza! In our day and time this is a most overlooked by liberal Jews. With… Read More »Sukkah Guests
Tonight we begin the Festival of Sukkot, our Fall Harvest Extravaganza! In our day and time this is a most overlooked by liberal Jews. With… Read More »Sukkah Guests
Parshat Chayei Sarah Genesis 23:1 – 25:18 This past summer I had one of the most powerful spiritual experiences in Israel that I ever had. … Read More »The Power of our Ancestors
Parshat Chayei Sarah Genesis 23:1-25:28 This week’s Torah portion, although named the life of Sarah opens with news of her death and the purchase of… Read More »A Eulogy for Sarah-Parshat Chayei Sarah
Parshat Lech Lecha Genesis 12:1 – 17:27 This week’s Torah portion Lech Lecha begins the journey of our ancestors Sarah and Abraham toward their… Read More »Covenantal Journey
In San Francisco the Anti-Semites are at work. They have collected enough signatures to place an anti-circumcision initiative on the fall ballot in San Francisco… Read More »The San Francisco bris ban
I have had the good fortune to have a tangerine tree nearby that has been bountiful with its tangerines. Overflowing actually. I have been feeding… Read More »Tree