When Will This Pass Over? – By Marc
I am lost. I am sad. I am angry and confused. I watch the news and it sinks me. It is dark and grim. I am lost, knowing that I […]
I am lost. I am sad. I am angry and confused. I watch the news and it sinks me. It is dark and grim. I am lost, knowing that I […]
If someone was to tell you it’s a good thing to strive to be an intermediate or in the middle, you’d look at them like they were crazy. That is […]
The more you know, the better off you are. I truly believe this. I will never forget being invited to Rabbi Steven Leder’s house shortly after I had arrived in […]
We learn amazing lessons everywhere. If we truly believe that Hashem has created everything, which we do, then it would follow that the lessons that come to us, no matter […]
There is something powerful about the simple act of counting. It leads one to believe that we are counting down to something good, and as we count the Omer, we […]
As an American Jew I feel like I get two do overs every year. One for Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur, and then another for New Year’s Eve. Two times […]
I’d like to riff off the ending of Ben’s blog post last week, partly because I am a list maker… and partly because it is a smart thing to do. […]
Before I start, I just want to mention that I had the absolute pleasure of seeing Israeli singer/songwriter Idan Raichel at CSULA this past weekend. His music is powerful and […]
The New Year is upon us… 5777 is around the corner… It is time to take stock of the things we did and did not do. A scary proposition for […]