All posts in Parsha

  On Sunday, I will be visiting St. Paul’s Episcopal Cathedral to answer this very question. Outside of “do Jews

  This week in our Torah portion, Toldot, we return to the saga of Jacob and Esau once again –

Looking around our congregational sanctuary and you will see much in the way of old technology: Torah scrolls, candle sticks,

  In honor of the 65th World Kindness Day on November 13, I would like to offer my Torah Thought’s

  How do you build a tower out of straws? That is the challenge that was placed before me and

  In an episode from season two of Hulu’s The Handmaid’s Tale, a dystopian vision of a future run by

  Every ten years or so, the American Jewish community sits on pins and needles waiting on the results of

  At Sam Usen’s Bar Mitzvah this past weekend, he made a point of thanking his grandparents, telling them he

  We live in the city of good neighbors, but what does that really mean? For me, it is the

  The words “after the death” hang over this week’s portion.  These words are not only the translation of the