I spent part of this past week in New York for my niece's Bat Mitzvah. It was wonderful to be with family, and I also had a chance to catch up with some old friends and colleagues. Inevitably, many of our conversations turned to what is happening in Israel, the rise of antisemitism, and the state of American Jewry. One old friend, who is psychiatrist at Harvard Medical School, told me that he tries to attend every pro-Israel rally at the university that he can. Another friend

Have you ever noticed that sometimes, when you are arguing with someone, you are not really arguing about what is true and what is false? Someone you respect says something and you instinctively agree, or someone you cannot stand says exactly the same thing and suddenly you start looking for what is wrong with it. So often, our determination of “truth” is influenced by our feelings, our loyalties, and especially by who is speaking. In our world of social media outrage, politi

1️⃣ A short video (1:45) for Parshat Nitzavim, Life Ain’t Easy, But It’s Beautiful https://youtube.com/shorts/Dv_oEA-ZMpo 2️⃣ My Rosh Hashanah drasha from last year, Can We Dream Again? It’s always interesting to see whether a drasha from the past still has meaning a year later. https://bit.ly/46CNCxz