So the Green post elicited some good discussion and that’s a great start. I just want to be clear that I am not talking about only recycling but everything from solar panels on the roof to greening the windows to any new work that is done on the building in the coming years to […]
Should a synagogue be Green?
Seems like a no-brainer.
It’s one of those ideas that percolate around my head these days as I prepare (in a few short weeks) to begin service as Senior Rabbi at Beth Elohim.
You know, I’m not really a rainbow tallis wearing Eco-Kashrut type; nor am I a post-modern organicist. […]
So the Torah for Gandhi kid had his Bar Mitzvah on Saturday night at the Trump National Golf Course, a rather swanky affair where all the help was beautiful and the men and women were dressed to the nines and the young teens were adorned beyond their years with a fashion sense that was certainly […]
One of my fondest memories growing up was volunteering as a kid for Lynn Adelman’s Congressional campaign in 1974. I was 11 years old and my mom worked for him as his scheduler so I often got to go along on campaign stops and various meetings to see the side of politics that people […]
Yesterday I met with friends at Avoda Arts in order to talk about ways to bring some of that creativity and multi-intelligence learning to the structure of broad, congregational education. We talked about training people in using the arts in an integrated manner, not as a separate track with an Art Specialist, and thinking […]
Ehud Olmert’s message to a joint session of Congress was an interesting and at times inspiring read.
I thought it was remarkable for its hopefulness and honesty.
Notice how he talks about the shared challenge of dealing with the scourge of terrorism but the only country he singles out in this war on terror is […]
Just like after Hannah Engel and Andrea Bronfman were killed this year while crossing the street in New York City, I took obsessive care yesterday for myself and my children as I navigated the streets and avenues of our city. I did this because of the tragic and infuriating death of a four year […]
Yesterday morning I sat with a dozen sixth graders and their parents for a conversation about what works and what doesn’t work in Hebrew School. This was all with an eye toward building a more viable synagogue educational system for the families of the Shul. It’s a big constituency of most congregations, so […]
When my father-in-law comes to town, we occasionally take a walk in Prospect Park and talk about things like life and death, which, as two general categories, cover pretty much everything.
Early this morning, during a six a.m. loop around Prospect Park with the dog, there was plenty of death, paradoxically played against a brilliant, cool […]
I found myself on the Upper East Side yesterday afternoon, checking in with a friend about the course of his life, listening to him struggle along with making sense of things and trying his best to hold on to what he has as he travels through this period of time.
There is more of that than […]