(photograph by Wellington Rodriguez) In September 2015, as European countries were building fences and locking train stations because of immigration from Turkey, I gave a sermon and said that… Read More »
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Creating Moral Space
Parashat Terumah Sermon delivered at NVHC on February 16, 2018 When I was a child, we wandered around the neighborhood after school, sometimes playing football, sometimes just riding our bikes,… Read More »
Trip To Israel – Blog #3 – Golan and Safed Hospital
This is a Beautiful Place One of the most amazing things about Israel, and there are many amazing things, is the raw beauty of the land. In a country about… Read More »
Trip to Israel–Blog #5: All Kinds of Judaism
On our way into Jerusalem on Thursday, my group stopped in the lakeside site of Capernaum. This place is famous for its role as the setting of most of Jesus’… Read More »
Trip to Israel Blog 7 Making Sense of Masada
When I was a boy, my father had a rock that sat on his desk at work. It was beige and dusty, but sat front and center. He told me… Read More »
Responding to Charlottesville
The events in Charlottesville over the weekend shook all of us. There is a lot to say. After speaking with our former intern, Rabbi Rachel Schmelkin, who works in Charlottesville… Read More »