60 years ago today the Jewish religion and America’s national religion – baseball – came into direct conflict with one another. The MLB scheduling had decreed that Game One of the World Series would coincide with Yom Kippur. This timing challenge became an even bigger issue when the Los Angeles Dodgers progressed to the big Continue Reading »
Reflections on Returning to Israel Before embarking on my trip to Israel I could tell that our daughter Gabby was more concerned than usual. She was not just anxious about me going away, she was worried about my safety while in Israel. The card she put in my luggage, left me in little doubt Continue Reading »
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 »
