Happy February Birthday to:

Bruce Berlinsky

Lev Chernomordik

Judi Corsaro

David Heidenberg

Sonya Knee

Marc Levy

Sammy Rosenberg

Karen Ullian

Susie Steinberg

Sandra Lipton

Rachel Rosenberg

Debbie Toporek

Aliyah Ben-Yisrael

Diana Fishman

Sarah Neboschick

Greg Yarus

Laurence Hiltzik

Mary Littman…

February 4-11 Shevat
Chana Nathans

February 5-12 Shevat

Mary Feder

Leo Perlitz

Sam Rabin

Lillian Mendelson

Yakov Smolar

February 6-13 Shevat

Joseph Kaminski

Esther Barshay

February 7-14 Shevat

Harry Kottelman

Adolph Setz

Melvin Lesser

Alan Solomon…

My rabbinic colleagues often refer to the initials “A.C.” It stands for “Aharei haChagim” — Hebrew for “after the holidays.” The three-plus weeks of autumn holidays (Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur, Sukkot, Simhat Torah, etc.) is such a busy time that …

Sometimes it’s easy to forget to say what we need to say to the people we care about, or to say something kind to the person next to you. I encourage you to watch this online clip:

In Pirkei Avot …

While we like to talk about the unique nature of Judaism, our religion has absorbed more from surrounding culture than we ordinarily think.

As an example, you may notice that, during services, after the Torah is periodically read, and the …