David’s Old Silver Swim
[I am pleased to relinquish my column-space this month to my friend and FJC member Dr. Mike Fishbein, who has an important message to share about another friend and [...]
Medical Aid in Dying
If all goes according to plan, by the time this Newsletter reaches you I will have spent the better part of Tuesday, June 25 in Gardiner Auditorium in the [...]
Spring!
Spring Linda Pastan (from Heroes in Disguise. © Norton, 1991) Just as we lose hope she ambles in, a late guest dragging her hem of wildflowers, her torn veil [...]
Sing to the Eternal a New Song!
Shiru l’Adonai shir chadash...sing to the Eternal a new song.... (Psalm 96:1) For the past eight years our High Holy Day services were graced by the voice, artistry and [...]
Toppling Pharaohs
Thinking back on more than six-decades-worth of Passover sederim I have attended or led, quite a few stand out in my memory: the warm family sederim of my childhood [...]
Why I support medical aid in dying
As I write this column I am anticipating an opportunity on February 20 to mix pleasure with “business”. The pleasure involves seeing a number of friends, current and former [...]
What’s in a name(tag)?
Name-tag Etiquette 101 One of the undergirding principles of life in Falmouth Jewish Congregation is our desire to build and maintain community. We strive to do so in many [...]
Resolve
As American Jews we stand astride two cultures, American and Jewish, and we’re blessed with their respective fruits. At Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish new year, we indulge ourselves in [...]
In the dark, kindling light…
In the dark, kindling light... On Monday evening, October 29, hundreds of people gathered for a candlelight vigil on Falmouth’s Village Green in response to the murder of eleven [...]
A Jewish Journey
Through the decades that I have worked as a rabbi, some of my deepest satisfactions have come from the interactions I have had with individuals who sought to become [...]