April 30, 2024
Dear University of Minnesota Administration, This week Jews all over the world are celebrating Passover, the holiday commemorating the Israelites’ Exodus from slavery in Egypt during the biblical period. In […]
April 22, 2024
When Passover approaches, I often reflect on the ways that the ancient and communal ritual of the seder is also very personal. For me, the essence of Passover has been […]
February 5, 2024
We support Mayor Jacob Frey in his veto of Resolution No. 2024R-014 in Legislative File No. 2024-00011 which was passed by the Minneapolis City Council on Thursday, January 25. We […]
January 18, 2024
We write to you today in regard to the resolution entitled, “Support of Permanent Ceasefire and Preventing Loss of Human Life in the Middle East” which is presently being considered […]
November 23, 2023
Even as scenes of Neo-Nazis marching down the streets of Madison, Wis., where my son goes to college play over and over in my mind, on this Thanksgiving, I am […]
September 8, 2023
Part One of a Three-Part Series on Shabbat The celebrated author, Aldous Huxley, published The Perennial Philosophy in 1945. He called his era, “the age of noise,” and railed against […]
August 11, 2023
I took a deep breath, made the call, said ‘yes’ and plunged in. I have experience, I have degrees and a board certification to back me up, yet even with […]
July 17, 2023
The Minnesota Rabbinical Association is the largest rabbinic organization representing the Jewish community throughout Minnesota. As a diverse group with different theological and political understandings, we are able to find […]
November 1, 2022
On the secular anniversary of the horrific shooting at Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh four years ago, I write as a rabbi who has stayed out of partisan politics […]
April 15, 2022
This year, the Passover journey from Egypt and slavery to freedom and human dignity feels particularly poignant. The Hebrew word for Egypt, mitzrayim, also connotes “the narrow place,” a place […]