One day I was engaged to be married. The next day I was single. I am 21 years old. During my engagement period, my life was hyper-focused. Everything that I […]

There is no lack of fascinating, moving, and awe-inspiring Holocaust survival stories. But when one watches a documentary film based on the survival of one’s extended family, the story is […]

Yizkor, Eighth-Day Pesah 5773 Originally delivered at Temple Israel of Great Neck, Tuesday morning, 4/2/13. Just before Pesah, a few news organizations came out with lists of rabbis – ranking […]

A remarkable shift has occurred in the United States Senate over the last couple of weeks. For the first time in history, a majority on senators, 53 to be exact, […]

The political world has been overcome with drama over the last couple of weeks. First, there were the recent Italian elections that catapulted a career comedian, Beppe Grillo, and returned […]