Rejecting the Binary! I don’t know if you’ve heard, but there is a new way that married couples communicate and share their love with one another. It is known as “pebbling,” deriving from the Gentoo penguins who woo a potential partner by bringing them a carefully selected set of pebbles.[1] We humans don’t do it Continue Reading »
To view the Sermon, click here As a parent with young children, if an animated movie is released with enough fanfare then there is a strong likelihood that I’m going to be forced to watch it at some point. There have been many of these movies that I’ve enjoyed and even returned to with my Continue Reading »
To view the sermon – click here I remember my anxiety the first time that I went to the American Embassy in London. The year was 2006 and I was eagerly awaiting a student visa so that I would be able to continue my rabbinic studies at Hebrew Union College in Los Angeles. And if Continue Reading »
(This Op Ed originally appeared in the MetroWest Daily News on 3/16/25 – https://www.metrowestdailynews.com/story/opinion/columns/2025/03/15/wayland-rabbi-condeming-antisemitism-specify-the-act-swastika-wayland-ma-opinion/82358700007/) On Wednesday morning, while in a therapy session (because there’s a lot at the moment), my phone started to ding – a swastika had been graffitied in Wayland, the town in which our Temple is located. I continued the conversation because Continue Reading »
