About a decade ago, just after conducting a wedding, one of the guests sidled up to me and asked ‘Do you believe in gay rabbis?’. I couldn’t tell if he was joking at first, but he didn’t seem to be, so I assured him I absolutely did believe in them and they weren’t, in fact,Read More
This Shabbat is simultaneously one of the greatest and one of the most feared rabbinic moments of the year. Known as Shabbat HaGadol – the Great or Big Shabbat, it is the last Shabbat before Pesach, and traditionally was a time when rabbis would give a long (like 4 hours long) sermon detailing all theRead More
Covid memorial Shabbat [singing] Five hundred, twenty five thousand, six hundred minutes Five hundred, twenty five thousand moments so dear Five hundred, twenty five thousand, six hundred minutes How do you measure, measure a year? In daylights, in sunsets In midnights, in cups of coffee In inches, in miles In laughter, in strife In fiveRead More
I would be able to take us all out for lunch after services today, if I could have a pound for every time someone starts a conversation with me by saying: ‘I’m not a shul goer, but…’ Quite often they will then proceed to tell me various ways they are involved in synagogue life; fromRead More