The world is a narrow bridge…
These are fearsome times. From the moment we awaken until the time we close our eyes for the night, there is no shortage of alarming facts, reports and images [...]
Ushpizin (a.k.a. “Imaginary Friends”)
Did you have one? A childhood imaginary friend? “Many young children (about 65 percent) develop imaginary friends between the ages of 3 and 5, at a time when they [...]
Playing For Change Day Success!
Our first-ever (and first ever on Cape Cod) Playing For Change Day coffeehouse-fundraiser was a wonderful success! Thanks to the talents of Ensemble Passacaglia, Three-Legged Dog, and the Goucher-Jellinek [...]
Praying & Playing For Change
Were I asked to sum up, in one word, the High Holy Days experience, I would choose the word “change” and I think it fair to say that “praying [...]
Deja-Jew
Early July brought us the grim news of the murder of three Jewish Israeli teens followed by the even more gruesome revenge murder of a Palestinian teen. What followed [...]
The Last Things We’ll Remember
The Last Things I’ll Remember (Joyce Sutphen) The partly open hay barn door, white frame around the darkness, the broken board, small enough for a child to slip through. [...]
Pride!
May, 2014 marked a wonderful and important milestone in the life of our nation, the tenth anniversary of Massachusetts becoming the first state in the nation to establish equal [...]
Behind the mask…
“Masquerades disclose the reality of souls. As long as no one sees who we are, we can tell the most intimate details of our life. I sometimes muse over [...]
February is Jewish Disability Awareness Month
Jewish Disability Awareness Month (JDAM) is recognized each February to raise awareness and promote meaningful inclusion of people with disabilities and their families in all aspects of Jewish life. [...]
To give… and to receive
As the rabbi of this wonderful synagogue community, I often hear from members who tell me of the support they have received at challenging moments in their lives and [...]