How I Hosted a Huge Seder Without Cooking
Although my family started out with the smallest guest list in years last Passover, we ended up with the most well-attended seder we have ever hosted. Thanks to technology, tradition, and trust, we had more people at our seder table than ever before.
Yom HaShoah: The Remembrance of Many
WV Rabbi Speaks Out for Fairness
A Reform Rabbi from West Virginia speaks out in favor of protecting the LGBT community with the Employment and Housing Nondiscrimination Act (ENDA).
#FaithsCalling: Gun Violence Prevention Call-In Day
Join members of the Reform community on April 9th for Faiths Calling (www.faithscalling.org) - an interfaith campaign for gun violence prevention.
To Like Or Not To Like?
Thanks to Facebook, the synagogue I attend is an open forum of Judaism and community.
No One Superior
Seven candles are lit on the candle table on the bimah at our congregation on Yom HaShoah, the day of Holocaust Remembrance for victims and heroes of that challenging and tragic time in human history.
Remembering the Holocaust in Lithuania
The sight of neo-Nazis parading through Lithuania’s capital city in an unsanctioned march sent chills down the spines of many people both inside and outside this small Eastern European country – and rightfully so. Public expression of hatred in a land with a horrific Holocaust history is cause for alarm.
A Waiting Psalm
In these days awaiting decisions on Prop 8 and the Defense of Marriage Act from the Supreme Court, I share this psalm I've written as we wait.
Why Americans Love Israel
A remarkable new survey was released just before President Obama’s visit to Israel. According to the poll, Americans heavily favor the Israelis over the Palestinians, 64 percent vs.