Reflections on Yom HaShoah
April 2009 Today is Yom HaShoah- Holocaust Memorial Day. It started last night at sundown when...
Reflections from Israel
Reflections on Songs in Israel
May 2009 On my way to work today, I heard the song that Israel sang in this year’s Eurovision...
Reflections on Simchat Torah
October 2009 Two weeks ago we celebrated “Sukkot”- our beloved Feast of Tabernacles. But...
Reflections on the New Moon
November 2009 This past Shabbat I sat in synagogue, listening to the Blessing of the New...
Reflections on Prayers Upon Rising
February 2010 I lay in bed in the morning, trying to decide, through transparent eyelids,...
Reflections on Prayers for the State of Israel and Her Armed Forces
April 2010 These past two days have been a roller coaster of emotions. Monday was Israel’s...
Reflections on Ushering in and Bidding Farewell to Shabbat
May 2010 In my home, as in many Jewish homes around the world, Friday afternoon, as Shabbat...
Reflections on Rosh Hashanah
September 26, 2006 - Reflections on Rosh Hashanah I hosted seven people at my home for the two...
Reflections on Anim Zemirot
October 2010 The Shabbat morning services were coming to a close and I peeked through the...
Reflections on Blessings
November 2010 The Jewish Liturgy is filled with formal prayer services, performed three times a...