(This sermon was delivered at the Vilna Shul, Boston, on November 15th, 2024) In the third period of Colin Ryan’s first day in Middle School the teacher wanted to do Continue Reading »
I was talking to my friend, colleague, and mentor Rabbi Irwin Zeplowitz on Wednesday. He shared with me the following: What’s the difference between a Jewish pessimist and a Jewish Continue Reading »
Yom Kippur Yizkor Sermon 2024 Rabbi Lisa Eiduson Temple Shir Tikva Wayland MA Writer Jesse Wegman tells this story: “Off Route 6 on Cape Cod, a few miles in Continue Reading »
Hineh mah tov u-mah nayim shevet achim gam yachad. It is so good to be together. For me, this is an experience of reunion with so many of you, relationships Continue Reading »
The night before I went to sleep-away camp for the first time, I threw a fit. I don’t think tantrum even does it justice. I cried, I screamed, I railed Continue Reading »
A few weeks ago, I sat before a man who, in the company of strangers, sat with his head bowed and his hands open in his lap. He was a Continue Reading »
