Sad to see that Stephen Hawking has fallen into the black hole of anti-Semitism.
Apparently, Hawking is boycotting an academic conference in Tel Aviv as a vague political statement against the Israeli treatment of the Palestinians. How, exactly, his refusal to come to the Jewish state...
Today my friend Julio Machado became an American.
I’d never been to a naturalization ceremony before, so it was a great honor to go with Julio and his family to Mechanics Hall in Worcester as he was formally sworn-in as an American citizen. He was one of 701 today who took the oath of...
The Marathon goes right near my house in Natick, so every year my family and I go down with the throngs to cheer on the runners. This is my favorite part of the marathon culture: Many runners will put their name or some identifiable feature (like “Denmark” or “Grateful Dead fan” or “Grandma”)...
The essential things first, reflective things afterwards:
First – If you or your family need us at Shir Tikva, we’re on call and ready to hear from you. If you or someone you love was in Boston at the time of the explosions, please let us know. And if you or your kids want to talk, we’...
I didn’t get the opportunity to watch President Obama’s important speech in real-time today, but read the full text of it later in the afternoon. I hope you get the chance to read it as well.
A few observations:
First, this speech should lay to rest any question of whether this...
It was a delight hosting Dr. Eben Alexander and so many guests to our Shir Tikva community today. Our custodians tell me that over 700 people came to the two programs he led on his book Proof of Heaven - surely a sign that his amazing story has really struck a chord with many, many people. I...
Today (Tuesday) was Rosh Chodesh Nisan - the beginning of Nisan, the month of our freedom and liberation. (Passover falls two weeks from today, under the full moon.) Every month on Rosh Chodesh, a group of women gather at the Western Wall in Jerusalem to pray, to hear the Torah, and celebrate...
Can't wait to celebrate Purim at Shir Tikva - Megillah reading & Purim party are Sunday morning, 10:00 am!
The Scroll of Esther is the one book in the Bible (well, maybe the Song of Songs, too) in which G-d's name never appears. Why is that?
To answer this question, let'...
The Jewish world lost a gadol this past week, and we'll be reciting Kaddish for Rabbi David Hartman throughout his Sheloshim.
I regret that I never learned with Rabbi Hartman, but he has been the rabbi of many of my rabbis. Rabbi Hartman was a profound voice of open and pluralistic-...
"Zionism is nothing less than the dream and ideal of the Jewish people returning to live in their own land. The Jewish people, the Scriptures tell us, once enjoyed a flourishing Commonwealth in the Holy Land. From this they were expelled by the Roman tyrant, the same Romans who cruelly...
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