Rabbi’s Thoughts

OCTOBER Helen Hunt Jackson Bending above the spicy woods which blaze, Arch skies so blue they flash, and hold the sun Immeasurably far; the waters run Too slow, so [...]

Several years ago I wrote a song whose chorus runs like this: Like summer lightning Beyond the horizon You know the storm is coming You just don’t know when..... [...]

I don’t think that I will ever fully leave behind memories of my childhood summers in Baltimore which were characterized, primarily, by swampy, relentless humidity. Hence the appeal of [...]

As I sat down to write this column, word of the horrific terrorist act in Orlando was spilling across the news. We’ve been told that it was a record-setting [...]

On the day I sat down to write this message (5/5/16), the Cape Cod Times reported (in an article written by K.C. Meyers) this grim statistic: In 2015 Cape [...]

In my role as rabbi, I get to wear many hats (or kippot, if you will!) I am, among other things, a teacher, counselor, worship leader, adviser, and representative [...]

Once upon a time in a far away land there lived a king who had a Jewish advisor. The king relied so much on the wisdom of his Jewish [...]

“fetish” ('fediSH/) noun - “an inanimate object worshiped for its supposed magical powers or because it is considered to be inhabited by a spirit.” Has the Western Wall (Hebrew: [...]

I write these words in early January, as we approach the commemoration of the birth of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. On January 18 the Falmouth community [...]

I’ve had a song running around in my head for days now. It’s called “City of Immigrants” and it’s written and sung by the talented Steve Earle, a songwriter, [...]