Category: Shavuot

IT’S ALL IN THE NAME

Jack “Srulek” Feldman is a smiling, sprightly old man who lives in Rochester NY, where... Read More

THE TRIUMPHANT MESSAGE OF NAOMI IN THE BOOK OF RUTH

For many Holocaust survivors, Shavuot was their first festival after liberation from concentration camp. One... Read More

MEGILLAT RUTH – THE ORIGINS OF MONARCHY & REDEMPTION

On the festival of Shavuot (Pentecost), we have the custom to read Megillat Ruth, a... Read More

MESSAGE AND MEDIA IN THE AGE OF DONALD TRUMP

Earlier this week, I came across a remarkable article in the New York Times by... Read More

REVOLUTIONS HAVE TO COME IN PAIRS

It is in an axiom of the American national narrative that in 1776, citizens of... Read More

THE THREE FUNDAMENTALS OF TORAH

The fourth book of the Torah is referred to as the “Book of Bamidbar”, due... Read More

LIKE ONE MAN, WITH ONE HEART

One of my favorite Midrashic narratives describes God’s attempt to find a nation willing to... Read More

HOW WE TREAT EACH OTHER MUST COME FIRST

A few weeks ago, our community hosted the chief rabbi of Efrat, Rabbi Shlomo Riskin.... Read More