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Tall flagpole with an American flag in a backyard near a house.

Moses’ and Aaron’s No Good Lousy Day

If you were to think of the worst day of your life, what would it be?  There are so many ...
Two women in traditional attire engaged in a cultural event with wooden objects.

From Oy Vey to Ohev

Unless you follow the Nobel Prize, you may not have heard of Mairead Corrigan.  She was a shorthand typist and ...
Smiling man wearing glasses and a suit.

The B’nai Mitzvah Meshugas

There is a very funny e-mail that floats around that almost every rabbi must get at one time or another. ...
Cyril Stanway

Starbucks and Tzedakah

I am a coffee fanatic. I am also a Judaism fanatic. So imagine my joy when I was able to ...
A couple exchanging vows during a wedding ceremony on stage.

Beauty from Sticks and Stones

As you know, it is almost Springtime and Springtime always means planting and  gardening and getting down and dirty in ...
Man enjoying a meal at a candlelit table with flowers and wine.

In Light of Evil

The profoundly horrific events of Pittsburgh at the Tree of Life synagogue this past Shabbat has given us all pause ...
A man and woman wearing traditional Jewish prayer shawls at a synagogue.

Tearing out a Page from the Book of Live

When I was a young rabbinic student and had just come back from my first year in Israel, I arrived ...
Cyril

With Ears of Moses

You probably all know the joke about the young man who came home from school one day and said to ...
Cyril Stanway

There is a Time to Live

Candle Lighting for Lia Bram There is a time for everything under the heavens. So says Kohelet in the Bible. ...