My Final Letter Dear Friends, Many years ago, my mother, of blessed memory, told me how old I was when she had successfully potty-trained me. I was exceedingly young. That

Shabbat Service Tribute to Rabbi Neil and Susan Sandler By Larry Gold, AA Past President Saturday, June 12, 2021 I appreciate being given the honor of speaking today about our

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Min Hameitzar "From the narrow places I called out, 'Yah', and I was answered with expansiveness" (Psalm 118). Oh, how the last year has felt constraining and narrow. Stuck in

Light a Candle and Remember A Reflection on One Year of the Global Covid-19 Pandemic On March 11, 2020, the Director General of the World Health Organization declared, "We have

One Year – Twice A Message for Reflection One year! I think about what I said when Rabbi Sandler told me that I better take these warnings about some flu-like

A Reflection on Last Week… Where Do We Go Now? Although it has been some time since I last stood at (now) Truist Park for the National Anthem that precedes

Shemot 5781 The Final Hour? There arose a new King in Egypt who did not know Joseph [Exodus 1:4]. In life, we are ultimately judged by our final hour, not

Miketz 5781 Two Chief Cupbearers And the sar hamashkim (the chief cupbearer) did not remember Joseph and forgot him (Genesis 40:23). And the sar hamashkim spoke up and said to

Shabbat Vayeshev Hanukkah 5781 The COVID-19 Hanukkah This year we celebrate our Festival of Lights in the midst of a dreadful pandemic, and, for far too many, literally in the