Weekly On-line Rabbi's D'var-Torah May 02, 2024 24 Nisan 5784 Achrei Mot When I arrived on the campus of the University of Michigan in...

Weekly On-line Rabbi's D'var-Torah May 09, 2024 3 Iyar 5784 Kedoshim We started this week by observing Yom HaShoah—Holocaust Remembrance...

Weekly On-line Rabbi's D'var-Torah April 25, 2024 17 Nisan 5784 Passover Here we are on the 3rd day of Passover.  Spring is here.  We are...

Weekly On-line Rabbi's D'var-Torah April 18, 2024 10 Nisan 5784 Shabbat Hagadol Parashat Metzora I remember very clearly adding a reading...

Weekly On-line Rabbi's D'var-Torah April 11, 2024 3 Nisan 5784 Parashat Tazria Just a couple of months ago, I sent out emails to our...

Weekly On-line Rabbi's D'var-Torah March 28, 2024 20 Adar II 5784 Parashat Tzav Shabbat Parah I was saddened to read about the passing of...

Weekly On-line Rabbi's D'var-Torah April 4, 2024 25 Adar II 5784 Parashat Shemini Shabbat Hachodesh It seems like only yesterday that I...

Weekly On-line Rabbi's D'var-Torah March 21, 2024 13 Adar II 5784 Shabbat Zachor Parashat Vayikra Today is the day that we commemorate...

Weekly On-line Rabbi's D'var-Torah March 14, 2024 4 Adar II 5784 Parashat Pekude I still remember my childhood bedroom. I had one wall...

Weekly On-line Rabbi's D'var-Torah March 7, 2024 27 Adar 5784 Shabbat Shekalim Parashat Vayakhel The story is told of a funeral that took...

Weekly On-line Rabbi's D'var-Torah February 29, 2024 20 Adar 5784 Parashat Ki Tisa I first met Oz Balas Bareket when he accompanied a...

Weekly On-line Rabbi's D'var-Torah February 22, 202 13 Adar 5784 Shushan Purim Katan Parashat Tetzaveh I’m old enough to remember having...

Weekly On-line Rabbi's D'var-Torah February 15, 2024 1 Adar 5784 Parashat Terumah Every Friday morning, our ELC students march into our...

Weekly On-line Rabbi's D'var-Torah February 08, 2024 29 Shevat 5784 Rosh Chodesh Parashat Mishpatim We throw around the term “witch hunt”...

Weekly On-line Rabbi's D'var-Torah February 01, 2024 22 Shevat 5784 Parashat Yitro I don’t know about you, but I never knew that Elmo was...

Weekly On-line Rabbi's D'var-Torah January 25, 2024 17 Shevat 5784 Shabbat Shirah Parashat Beshalach Shortly after October 7, Israeli...

Weekly On-line Rabbi's D'var-Torah January 18, 2024 8 Shevat 5784 Parashat Bo Just yesterday, I was discussing the situation in Israel...

Weekly On-line Rabbi's D'var-Torah January 04, 2024 22 Tevet 5784 Parashat Shemot So, on Tuesday, Dr. Claudine Gay stepped down as...

Weekly On-line Rabbi's D'var-Torah December 14, 2023 2 Tevet 5784 Hanukkah Miketz On Tuesday, a Polish member of parliament used a fire...

Weekly On-line Rabbi's D'var-Torah December 07, 2023 25 Kislev 5784 Hanukkah Vayeshev If you go back to the Book of Maccabees and read...