• The Wonders of our Past and Future

    I often think about the future. Of course, that is pretty vague. I think about tomorrow, weeks ahead, months ahead...and so on. I also think about the next "Journey." Some refer to this as the Afterlife...however,...

  • Kristallnacht Remembrance 5779

    Broken glass at night, shaking each of us to the core. Broken glass during the day, in plain sight after we’ve been shaken. Broken glass in our past, present and in the future. When will it stop? What...

  • Vigil for Pittsburgh - Tree of Life Congregation

    From Psalm 55: לִבִּי, יָחִיל בְּקִרְבִּי; וְאֵימוֹת מָוֶת, נָפְלוּ עָלָי. ו יִרְאָה וָרַעַד, יָבֹא בִי; וַתְּכַסֵּנִי, פַּלָּצוּת. ז וָאֹמַר--מִי-יִתֶּן-לִי אֵבֶר, כַּיּוֹנָה: אָעוּפָה וְאֶשְׁכֹּנָה. ח הִנֵּה, אַרְחִיק נְדֹד; אָלִין בַּמִּדְבָּר סֶלָה. ט אָחִישָׁה מִפְלָט לִי-- מֵרוּחַ סֹעָה...

  • Shabbat of Broken Spirits

    Joyce Fienburg, 75-years-old Richard Gottfried, 65-years-old Rose Mallinger, 97-years-old Jerry Rabinowitz, 66-years-old Cecil Rosenthal, 59-years-old David Rosenthal, 54-years-old Bernice Simon, 84-years-old...

  • Righteous Among the Nations

    You stood out among all of the others, not really knowing why. To this day, we argue what it meant for you that day. That day in which you were chosen to be a leader among the nations. That day in which...