We Will Sing November 2018 Dear Friends,I was in Brookline, MA last Saturday afternoon spending the day with my daughter Emily. We were attending a movie at Coolidge Corner, a busy Jewish neighborhood in Boston. I had spent the morning listening to the news and was...
Finding My Voice October 2018 Dear Friends, Intensity, spirituality, emotionality and renewal are a few words which describe the High Holy Days which I’ve just experienced, my first as the Religious Leader of Seaside Jewish Community. A cadre of volunteers surrounded...
Panim El Panim: Face To Face September 2018 Dear Friends, The Zohar, a medieval Kabbalistic ‘how to’ book of teachings, explains that at the beginning of Elu l we are standing back to back, achor el achor , and by the end of Elul we are facing panim el...
Spiritual Maturity August 2018 Dear Friends, I’m feeling particularly grateful for the time I spent with Rabbi Shefa Gold at two conferences this summer: the ACC (American Conference of Cantors) Conference in Dallas and the Aleph Kallah at UMASS Amherst. During those...
Full Circle July 2018 Dear Friends, I’ve just spent a week at the American Conference of Cantors Convention in Dallas, TX learning and praying with my colleagues and teachers in the place where it all began for me. As a freshly minted Ordinee of the Cantorial program...
