Many years ago, in my childhood, probably in the mid-1980’s my father (Rabbi Yisrael Rubin) told this very unusual story in our Sukkah, thanks to an indirect regards from a Sukkah guest who had recentl...
After several weeks of heavy summer rains, with destructive flooding south of us in the Hudson Valley and devastating flooding in nearby Vermont to the northeast – there was a top-of-fold front page &#...
As July 21st 2023 happens to be the release date for two opposite types of films, there’s been a plethora of social-media memes that juxtapose the smiling cheery hot pink luminous Barbie (a film of fan...
As a campus rabbi I’m not often asked to officiate at funerals but a local close family friend who helped us build Shabbos House asked me to officiate this week at the funeral of his mother-in-law, who...
