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The dwindling winter months. Sizzling latkes in a pan. Reciting the prayers with my family. Lighting candles of all colors and watching as they melted into puddles of wax. Opening presents, wrapped in my Safta’s collection of adorable…

As the New York mayoral election draws near, a group of 650 rabbis and cantors from across the United States have signed onto a letter voicing their opposition to mayoral frontrunner Zohran Mamdani and the “political…

Delivered at KI Synagogue Second Day Rosh Hashanah 5786 

1. The Political Horseshoe 

An American pilot lands a commercial Delta flight in Tel Aviv and is taxiing on the runway.

“Thank you for flying with our airline. For your safety,…

“There are incalculable resources in the human spirit, once it has been set free.” –Hubert Humphrey

After the cataclysm of The Flood, the descendants of Noah congregated in the plains of Shinar within the Fertile Crescent and built a…

President Trump inked a historic achievement in brokering a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, which resulted in Israeli hostages being released and much-needed relief for Palestinians in Gaza. As important as this moment is, it is critical…

Reputations can change. This is not speculation but a historical fact. Even countries that were once treated as pariahs have managed to become respected members of the international community. Israel is no different. Yet, the war has made one…

Why October 7 proved that humanity still needs a Divine Reset

The World Before the Flood — and Before October 7

The Torah tells us that in the generation of Noach, “the earth was filled with חמס (Hamas)” (Bereishit 6:11).

That word…

Calls to “investigate Israel’s unconscionable actions in Gaza” have become a rallying cry in marches, statements, and headlines. But “unconscionable” is not a legal category. It’s a moral judgment—elastic, subjective, and…

The Republican nominee for New Jersey governor has come after one of his aides said he wasn’t “taking money from Jews” at a campaign event.

Ibrar Nadeem, the Muslim relations adviser to Jack Ciattarelli, made the…

At the end of last week’s Parsha, we find that as Noach was born, the ‘name giver’ gives an explanation for this name: “This [Noach] will comfort us in the labor and painful toil of our hands because of the ground Hashem has…