If it walks like a duck and quacks like a duck – it’s a synagogue.

10 years ago, I became a Rabbi and over that time I have to confess that I have frequently broken one of the Ten Commandments. I have coveted. I have...Read more...

Recently we were both witness to a discussion on a Jewish Facebook page as a parent asked a question about looking into Hebrew school options for her first-grader. Forty-four comments (and counting) later it was clear there were a lot of people seeking to share...Read more...

“We know what a person thinks not when he tells us what he thinks, but by his actions.”
– Isaac Bashevis Singer

As synagogues we are generally (read: are hopefully) good at saying the right things. We make the statements...Read more...

When we’re at a playground I love the fact that my daughter Gabby will invariably get bored playing with just me and will go towards the other kids who are there and say: “Hey guys, can I play with you?” She is fearless in the way that she will go up to complete strangers and try to start playing with them. And one of things that I really love is that she will go up to any child who is there, at her innocent age she still doesn’t see...Read more...

What do we want in a relationship for our children? If the jokes are to be believed, then a Jewish mother’s only concern is that her daughter marries a doctor, lawyer, accountant, or similarly successful professional.

We know,...Read more...