Rabbi Larry Milder

Rabbi Larry Milder serves Congregation Beth Emek in Pleasanton, CA.

What Pete Seeger Did for Israeli Folk Songs

Rabbi Larry Milder

Pete Seeger was our country's greatest champion of authentic American folk music. He sang traditional ballads, songs of working people, protest songs, songs to save the Hudson River. He composed numerous songs that have become the standards of American folk

Falling Stars and a Sense of Wonder

Rabbi Larry Milder

This week, I watched the stars fall.

It was actually the Perseid meteor shower. I woke up before dawn, drove away from the city lights, stood outside, tilted my head back, and waited.

The universe is not a television show. You don’t tune in at 4:00 a.m. and