One of the most common questions I have gotten as a rabbi is: “Where are all the miracles? Rabbi: If I was just able to
As we begin the story of our Exodus in this week’s parsha, what comes to mind when hearing this phrase? Perhaps the phenomenon of being
In 1973 at a formal dinner honoring West German Chancellor Willy Brandt, then Prime Minister Golda Meir told the audience: “Let me tell you something
When I started the Manhattan Jewish Experience (MJE) almost 24 years ago, our family established the organization in memory of our mother, Ruth B. Wildes,
The fierce reaction to Kanye West’s antisemitic comments was warranted and justified. Much has been said about the fallout but there’s an important angle that
After Yom Kippur, a young man approached me to thank me for what he said was truly “an inspirational service.” “Rabbi,” he said, “this was
A colleague, Rabbi Jonathan Gross, served as a rabbi in Omaha, Nebraska for close to a decade. Nebraskans take their football and their home team,
In American pop culture, Super Bowl Sunday rises to the level of holiday status. Besides the tens of thousands who prepare for the day by
At a conference of neurological science with hundreds of neurologists in attendance, a particular kind of disorder was discussed among all the scientists and doctors.
Malcolm Gladwell writes in his New York Times bestseller, “Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking,” about the way we make decisions in life. Gladwell
Our generation is more torn on social issues than ever before. Gender, gun control, free speech, and now abortion. Conservatives and liberals, Democrats and Republicans
As I sat with my family and listened to the memorial service for Rabbi Dr. Norman Lamm, z”l, I was overcome with emotion. I must
