In preparing for these High Holy Days and the myriad tasks that need to be completed in advance, there are two ways in which I make sure that everything gets done. First, and most importantly, I have an amazing team of colleagues, keeping me in check and reminding me of the assignments I have not Continue Reading »
This year I overcame my greatest fear. This year I succeeded where in previous years I had failed. This year I looked fear right in the face and did something I haven’t been able to do my entire adult life. This year, I had my eyes dilated. Now this might not seem like a particularly Continue Reading »
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When I first moved to the States 20 years ago, everything was new. And I didn’t exactly ease myself in by choosing somewhere with a familiar British or European feel. I went all in and moved to Los Angeles. The language was sort of the same, but almost everything else felt different. I had to Continue Reading »
Seeing what unites, not what divides… I don’t know about you, but in our house one of the most difficult decisions involves an evening when we do not have specific dinner plans. The debate about where to go and what food to eat is enough to make a person lose their appetite. What’s funny Continue Reading »
Camp and the many doors into Judaism I am currently going through a phase where I am obsessed with wearable technology. Between the Apple Watch on my wrist and the oura ring on my finger I have devices that are tracking my movements, my sleep, my heart rate, and a whole host of other Continue Reading »
An attack on one of us is an attack on all of us… In the shadow of World War Two, Pastor Martin Niemöller wrote his famous passage that begins: “First they came for the socialists, and I did not speak out—because I was not a socialist.” His writings reflected on the silence of so many Continue Reading »
I’ve always known that in our family dynamic I was not the cool parent. I am sure this will come as a great surprise to all of you, but my wife Micol is much cooler than I am – and our children agree. What I didn’t realize was that I am actually considered to be Continue Reading »
