I would like to express my deepest condolences to all of you who are mourning for a loved one who…

We approach the end of the Yom Kippur service and these High Holy Days. This is the sixty-sixth year that…

Shana Tova! It is wonderful to look out and see so many of you here. There is something very special…

Last month, I left a piece of my heart in New York where my husband Len and I dropped off…

Ten days ago, on Rosh Hashanah, we celebrated the birthday of the world. We read the story of creation where…

Shanah Tovah… and Shabbat Shalom! We’re celebrating the New Year and Shabbat on the same night. So let me tell…

To respond to the most common question I’ve heard this week:  No.  Artificial Intelligence/AI did not write my sermons. I’ve…

Dear Rodeph Shalom Community, As we prepare to gather for the High Holy Days, our top priorities are ensuring our…

I’ll start with a piece of Torah trivia with you. In the second of this week’s double portion, Matot-Masei, one…

162nd Confirmation at Congregation Rodeph Shalom Sunday, May 17, 2026 D’var Torah by the Confirmands Zoe Levenstien Today we read…

I don’t know if you’ve heard that this year we are celebrating the 250th anniversary of the signing of the…

Today, International Holocaust Remembrance Day*, offers a powerful time to remember: Last week’s dismantling of the President’s House slavery exhibit…

Last week global Jewry reclaimed the righteousness of progressive Zionism at the World Zionist Congress.  I was honored to be…

Thank you, Rabbi Maderer for inviting me to speak today.  And I’d like to thank all of you for remaining…

Avinu Malkeinu, shema koleinu – Almighty and Merciful, hear our voice. Yom Kippur traditionally is a time of repentance, of…

“Today you are all standing before the Lord your God.” (Deut. 29:9). “Do not separate yourself from the community”. (Pirkei…

Gut Yunteif. This summer, my daughter Nora came home from JCC Camps at Medford beaming. She had just finished Color…

  I had read about the Nazi book-burning, but only when I saw the memorial with my own eyes could…