Israel
My Pekar Years
I met Harvey Pekar in 2005. On a whim, I gave him a copy of my book, and he really liked ...
Albert Einstein: A Highly Committed Jew
Albert Einstein may have been the most famous Jew of the 20th century. His biographer Walter Isaacson described that “when he ...
Reform Women Rabbis Being Heard
In the midst of much activity in Israel in the ongoing push to ensure that women are not silenced or ...
Alice Walker Denies The Color Purple’s Power
Alice Walker is one of my favorite authors ever, hands down. The Temple of My Familiar might have been the ...
The Future of the Past
In a recent Commentary article, Jack Wertheimer once again takes on the trends in American Jewry – individualism, pluralism, universalism, anti-tribalism, ...
Remembering and Keeping Memorial Day
I was thinking today about a Memorial Day breakfast I attended a couple years ago at the home of a ...
Day Schools and the End of the Melting Pot
I met Peter Beinart in 1999 when he was writing an article for The Atlantic on Jewish community day schools. ...
The Magic of Summer Camp
When my ten year old daughter heads to sleep-away camp this summer she will follow a family tradition that began the ...
Reciprocal Receiving on Rosh Chodesh
The Western Wall beckoned at the beginning of the new Hebrew month of Kislev, 5760.I was studying at the Conservative ...
Sacha Baron Cohen Speaks Hebrew
Hey, did any of you see Sacha Baron Cohen on The Daily Show the other night?More specifically, did anyone notice ...
Vote for Rabbi…….
Well I did not make it to the Newsweek Rabbi list, or even the My Jewish Learning Real Top Rabbi ...
Yom Ha’atzmaut, Motorcycles Included
Tomorrow is Yom Ha’atzmaut, Israeli Independence Day! To celebrate, we thought we’d share this mini-documentary we filmed one year at ...