Hi, Beth Am Israel! Below is short piece I wrote based on an actual text I sent that led me to some interesting and unexpected places as I get ready [...]
Happy New Year, Beth Am Israel! I’m preparing, as I have for the past 24 years, to lead High Holiday services. The other day my daughter asked me, “So what [...]
Shabbat Shalom, BAI! The Olympics have been a marvel to watch, not least because it’s afforded some rare ‘family’ together watching, armchair analysis, and pure escapism. As we were watching [...]
Shabbat Shalom, BAI! Last Sunday was visiting day at Camp Ramah in the Poconos. I travelled there with my daughter (who was a camper there for many summers and was [...]
Shabbat Shalom, BAI! With difficult news emerging from Tel Aviv after a drone attack, not to mention a week filled with violence (gun, storms) right here in Pennsylvania, we continue [...]
Shabbat Shalom, BAI! My Instagram ‘feed’ knew I was thirsty. Or at least, it must have known I’ve been thinking about water, and specifically, clean drinking water. I know this, of [...]
Shabbat Shalom, BAI As summer begins, the BAI annual meting is taking place on Sunday starting at 10 am. It’s a chance to have a delicious brunch, install new officers, [...]
Shabbat Shalom, BAI! This week saw an auspicious marking of Jerusalem Day, the day in June 1967 that saw Tzahal, the Israel Defense Force (IDF) defeat the Jordanian army in [...]
Shabbat Shalom, Beth Am Israel. Shabbat Shalom feels like the ultimate luxury these days. Peace. To live where we live, blessed with a relative ease of day to day life. [...]
Shalom, BAI! Just a few hour ago, Donald Erlichman and I returned from a journey, a journey through time and Turnpike. For now the third year, BAI is putting on [...]
