Welcome to Shabbat Awakenings, a reflection as we make our way toward Shabbat. Last year I attended the Central Conference of Reform Rabbi’s convention in Israel. I am deeply committed to Israel despite and because of her many complicated complexities. Hundreds of us participated though we did something I never thought would ever happen: We […]

  Welcome to Shabbat Awakenings, a weekly reflection as we make our way towards Shabbat. Tonight, we go outside for prayer and celebration of Shabbat in the garden of our own synagogue. Shabbat returns us to nature as Abraham Joshua Heschel taught: we turn from the world of creating to the creation of the world. […]

  Welcome to Shabbat Awakenings, a weekly reflection as we move toward Shabbat. Even when someone has a tremendous amount of power, it doesn’t mean he should use it to serve himself. In this week’s Torah portion and along the journey in the wilderness, Moses had a very specific role: lead the people out of […]

  Welcome to Shabbat Awakenings, a weekly reflection as we move toward Shabbat. L’dor vador are the words we speak when we pass the Torah scroll through the loving arms of the generations to have it rest with our thirteen year old students as they take their place in the community and chant from the […]