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May 7, 2020
Since 1949, May has been National Mental Health Awareness month. I have never felt the need to focus on mental health as intensely as now. From children to senior citizens, …
April 24, 2020
Today is Rosh Chodesh Iyar, the month in which Israel’s Independence falls – the 5th of Iyar corresponding to April 29, 2020. As this is also the fourth week of …
April 3, 2020
It is paradoxical to discuss Passover during an ‘unprecedented’ time of disease. Plagues are a center piece of the Passover narrative. We recognize …
March 27, 2020
This is an extraordinary time – COVID-19, economic uncertainty, schools and businesses indefinitely closed, social distancing and isolation. As this is the fourth week of the month, Reflections Off the …
March 6, 2020
We have quickly become consumed by concern for coronavirus, COVID-19. Store shelves have been emptied of hand sanitizers and bleach wipes. I have heard of confrontations over face masks. Some …
February 28, 2020
This is the fourth week of the month. For Reflections Off the Bimah, the fourth week features thought leaders from throughout the Jewish world and beyond. These special posts give …
February 7, 2020
(This blog was written in Tirana, Albania but could not be posted till I returned.) Albania was never on my travel bucket list yet here I sit at a cafe …
January 31, 2020
This is the fifth week of the month and allows for another outside blog. I am focusing this week’s blog on the relentless scourge of anti-semitism. The hatred of the …
January 24, 2020
January 1, 2020
“Why do people want to hurt Jews?” That was the question a group of 5th grade Religious School students asked me recently. What a distressing question to hear children ask. …
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