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On Shabbat Noach (the Shabbat when Parshat Noah was read) I marked my 70th birthday by reciting haftarah at the Hendon ...

If you’re reading this post during October, it’ll soon be Halloween – that great Jewish holiday.Yes, you read that right. ...

Dylan is 10 years old. He just returned home from eight weeks at Jewish camp. He initially signed up for ...

Last week it was back to the future day. Thirty years since the first movie came out, and 26 years since ...

Since I was a little kid growing up in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, I’ve always known that I was somehow different ...

Halloween has always been a part of my life. Maybe it’s because I’m a theater person, so the costume element ...

The people in our lives can sometimes surprise us. “Why did she say that?”  “Who would do that?”  “What was ...

This past Sukkot, I was on a spiritual high after Yom Kippur. The sanctuary had swelled with voices of prayer ...

I heard an interesting discussion on the radio the other day, about water being found on the surface of Mars. ...

Last week Rabbi Heidi Hoover wrote on this blog: “I believe that intermarriage has become a scapegoat for the American ...

Ruleville is a small town in the Mississippi Delta. Most famously known as the birthplace of legendary organizer of the ...

As an irrepressible, even relentless, optimist, I hold great hope for Jewish life in America. I wonder if that is because ...

“Keep yourself far from a lie; and do not kill the innocent and righteous; for I will not justify the ...

I am a fan of The Twilight Zone, the TV series from the 1960s created by Rod Serling (Jewish!). Each ...

Every few months, I receive a tentative “cold call” from a congregation interested in using the services of the ISJL ...