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Two minutes of Torah from yours truly, https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=saY9vfZvAAw

There is something magical about Shabbat in Israel. The frenetic pace of the six other days of the week comes to a crawl, it is as though one can feel the angels of Shabbat descending upon this land. As part … Continue reading →

Here’s two minutes of Torah for this week, click here. Shabbat Shalom!

We are trying something new at Temple Beth Hillel. Each week, Rabbi Hronsky or I will be presenting a video called two-minutes of Torah. Here’s the first installment, Parshat Terumah.

   Dear Mom, Tonight I lit a yartzeit candle in your memory. Somehow, almost inexplicably, five years have passed since you died on the 5th of Kislev. Five years have passed in the blink of an eye and in other … Continue reading →

20 years ago it was a Saturday. I was a junior in high school and was in the middle of my brief tenure as a cashier at the local drug store. I’d worked in the morning and I came home … Continue reading →

Below is the text of my sermon for Kol Nidre 5776. Spiritual Refugees, Come Home There was a woman, Madeline, born 1918 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and she loved sports. An active participant in athletics in ways that were considered appropriate … Continue reading →

Happy New Year! Please follow this link to read my Rosh Hashanah morning sermon.

Yesterday the Supreme Court of the United States heard oral arguments about the freedom to marry in this country. Now, we wait. This is a psalm I crafted in 2013 when SCOTUS heard the Prop 8 and DOMA cases and … Continue reading →

The Psalmist wrote, “this is the day the Eternal has made, let us rejoice in it” (Ps. 118:24).  Today at the CCAR convention has been dedicated to human rights. As part of raising awareness, there was Ali apanel to commemorate … Continue reading →