January 30, 2026 – י״ב שְׁבָט תשפ”ו For 843 days, 12 hours, and 5 minutes, Hostage Square, just outside of the Tel Aviv Museum of Art, served as the emotional and moral epicenter of Israel’s efforts to bring home those taken captive on October 7. The square became a kind of national sanctuary-in-motion: a long, […]

Friday January 23, 2026 – ה׳ שְׁבָט תפש”ו There are a few verses in the book of Exodus that haunt me every time I hear them. “Toward midnight I will go forth among the Egyptians, and every [male] first-born in the land of Egypt shall die, from the first-born of Pharaoh who sits on his […]

Friday, January 16, 2026 – כ״ז טֵבֵת תשפ”ו “When Pharaoh does not heed you, I will lay My hand upon Egypt and deliver My ranks, My people the Israelites, from the land of Egypt with extraordinary chastisements.” —Exodus 7:4 The streets of Iran have been filled with fire, chants, and fear. Protesters pour into city […]

January 9, 2025 – כ׳ טֵבֵת תשפ”ו New leadership often brings with it uncertainty and big questions. This week, we read one of the most politically charged verses in the Torah: “A new king arose over Egypt who did not know Yoseph.” (Exodus 1:8) With that sentence, memory collapses. Gratitude dissolves. History is severed from […]

Friday December 26, 2025 – ו׳ טֵבֵת תשפ”ו It was an odd and quietly moving scene inside the Knesset this week. In a building more accustomed to arguments, protests, and procedural tension, two Reform rabbis—one of them also a cantor—sat and ended a Knesset committee session by pulling out a guitar and singing Debbie Friedman’s […]