
Shabbat Shalom: Updates, What we can do, Shabbat, and Psalms
As we ready for Shabbat, our first without services, I wish you a Shabbat Shalom. A. The News: As of this writing the the number of...


Torah Guidance As We Face the Coronavirus Challenges
Good Morning, A. First, as we have previously stated, if you need my assistance, please let me know. I have already begun phoning...
My Take on Breaking the Silence
I braced for an ugly fight. I was first told about a program at B’nai Amoona where former IDF soldiers would expose horrible things...


The Prague Blog
When I first planned our one-day stopover in Prague (on the way back from our two weeks visiting our two new grandchildren and their...


A Different Trip to Israel
Our recent trip to Israel was unlike any other. We boarded the plane to attend the Brit Milah of our first Israeli-born grandson,...


Jewish law, abortion and born v. unborn life
With Missouri following Alabama by passing a restrictive law limiting abortion to the first few weeks, and then only to save the life of...


JMA: More Than Its Acronym
JMA is for me, and I am sure for you, a new addition to the Jewish acronym dictionary. It stands for Jewish Motorcycle Alliance, and on...

Shame
In our youth, many of us did things that, looking back as adults, we are not proud of. Perhaps we stole an inexpensive item(s) from a...


AAA -- American Anti-Semitism, Again
This past Rosh ha-Shanah, I spoke about anti-Semitism in America, and I acknowledged then that I rarely speak about it. Of course, no...


Pittsburgh Massacre: Anti-Semitism -- Should We Be Afraid? What Can We Do?
None of us outside of Pittsburgh's Tree of Life Synagogue were physically killed last Shabbat; we were not among the 11. None of us were...