Call it Gregger, Grogger or Grager – For Purim It’s a Must!
The festival of Purim features the public reading of the ancient story that is found in the Megillat Esther or the Scroll of Esther. Located in the biblical collection called “Ketuvim,” or the Writings, the Megillat Esther is one of the five Megillat or scrolls found...
Christ is still the Christmas Headline
A Christmas Conundrum – An American Rabbi in Catholic Italy: Even here in Italy it’s headline news that public Christmas celebrations in the US are under siege. But the cream in the cannoli (Italy’s version of “the icing on the cake”), is that a US military base has...
Political Sermons
Political Sermons Can Destroy the Spirituality of the High Holy Days “Everybody’s got something to say about politics – at the office, school, in the dry clean and at the grocery store. You can’t get away from it. Except on Shabbat, hich I now make at home....
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